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This blog post examines the current research emerging globally on the novel coronavirus and links this to the context of outdoor education.

A great way to promote outdoor learning and play is to create an outdoor classroom on your school grounds or educational site.

Experience and reflection form two halves of any meaningful outdoor education activity.

Coronavirus is making it difficult to confidently take students overseas where many outdoor education experiences happen.

As little as an hour a week of outdoor learning has tremendous benefits for children and also boosts teachers' job satisfaction.

What future do we want for our children and our society? Whatever the answer, education is the key.

Experiential education (or hands-on education) is one of the most powerful tools and approaches for creating environmental awareness.

Raising awareness of environmental issues and understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (the ‘Global Goals’ or ‘SDGs’) is vital.

This article follows on from Part I: Rivers Are Perfect for Teaching Sustainability. Here's Why! Background The living things found in a...

Calculating your ecological footprint is quite simple to do, and it serves as an ideal entry point for sustainability education.

Being a teenager is tough already -- is too much screen time making it tougher?

We all know young children are easily engaged and fascinated by nature. But when do they fall out of love?

Everyday we expect children to sit in small boxes we call classrooms, and focus on learning through books and pencils indoors.

Having students calculate their ecological footprint gives them a concrete understanding of their own personal impact on Earth’s systems.

This article looks at ways that meta-cognition can be used to maximize the outcomes and performance of children in outdoor learning.

Over-inflated self-efficacy beliefs among educators can result in delayed skills development or inappropriate acceptance of risk.

Children pick up on tiny cues from their parents, teachers and wider society. They are sponges constantly scanning their surroundings for...

This is a blog post I've been meaning to write for a long time, but I could never quite articulate it. For me, it was a dark feeling...

River systems are perfect for children to study how their day-to-day actions can have wide-reaching impacts on a river's water quality...

Outdoor education has a long history. But sadly it's not always received the kudos it deserves. For too long it's been sidelined as a...