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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...

Environmental and sustainability education encourages children to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape...

Multiple Intelligence Theory In 1983, Multiple Intelligence Theory was first put forth by Professor Howard Gardner in his ground-breaking...

Outdoor environmental education is a brilliant way to engage students with hands-on science and ecological understanding that reinforces...

Children need surprisingly little to develop a love of nature and the outdoors - essentially it's coded into their DNA. Children didn't...

Once called STEM, STEAM education is growing in popularity worldwide. It stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and...

Imagine a world where every school has outdoor education built into the school fabric and ethos. Imagine a school where children are...

In a world where children spend most of their education cooped up in small boxes called classrooms, real-world experiential learning can...

Children growing up in the 21st Century will need to be adaptable, dynamic and creative lifelong learners in a highly uncertain...

I've been thinking about this question for a while now, and I've come to learn the unfortunate truth. There is a burgeoning inequality in...

Sometimes the older children become, it seems the less interested they become in nature and the outdoors. As an experiential educator in...