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5 Simple Ways to Inspire a Love of Nature and the Outdoors Among Children

Mar 11, 20194 min read

5 Simple Ways to Inspire a Love of Nature and the Outdoors Among Children

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

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How to Instill a Love of Learning and Prepare Children for the 21st Century

Alex Moxon

Mar 8, 20191 min read

How to Instill a Love of Learning and Prepare Children for the 21st Century

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

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10 Steps to Starting Your Own School Outdoor Education Program

Alex Moxon

Mar 7, 20193 min read

10 Steps to Starting Your Own School Outdoor Education Program

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

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Experiential Education Fosters a Love of Learning Like Nothing Else! Ask Albert Einstein.

Alex Moxon

Mar 4, 20193 min read

Experiential Education Fosters a Love of Learning Like Nothing Else! Ask Albert Einstein.

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

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Youth Everywhere Are Protesting for Urgent Action On Climate Change!

Alex Moxon

Feb 16, 20193 min read

Youth Everywhere Are Protesting for Urgent Action On Climate Change!

On 23rd January 2019, 16 year old Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In...

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Creating Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs through Outdoor Learning

Alex Moxon

Feb 14, 20193 min read

Creating Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs through Outdoor Learning

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

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Is Outdoor Education a Privilege of the Wealthy?

Alex Moxon

Feb 9, 20196 min read

Is Outdoor Education a Privilege of the Wealthy?

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...

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"Nature is Boring. I Want My Smart Phone Back!"

Alex Moxon

Feb 4, 20195 min read

"Nature is Boring. I Want My Smart Phone Back!"

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

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What Is the Future of Outdoor Education?

Alex Moxon

Jan 31, 20194 min read

What Is the Future of Outdoor Education?

The concept of modern outdoor education is nothing new. It owes its beginnings to separate initiatives. Organized camping was evident in...

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Let's Scrap Environmental Education & Get Ourselves Off Planet Earth!

Alex Moxon

Jan 28, 20193 min read

Let's Scrap Environmental Education & Get Ourselves Off Planet Earth!

In a recent conversation with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) teaching colleague, who is also an avid reader of...

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How to Actively Engage Children in Conservation: A Game of 'Predator-Prey'

Alex Moxon

Jan 20, 20197 min read

How to Actively Engage Children in Conservation: A Game of 'Predator-Prey'

So far the focus of my blog posts for Outdoortopia has been on education reform and integrating outdoor and experiential education (OEE)...

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Is It Time to Re-think Outdoor Education for the 21st Century?

Alex Moxon

Jan 19, 20195 min read

Is It Time to Re-think Outdoor Education for the 21st Century?

Outdoor and Experiential Education (OEE) is the perfect vehicle for developing young people into well-informed global citizens. The kind...

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Best 5 Pedagogical Approaches for Top-notch Sustainability Education

Alex Moxon

Dec 29, 20182 min read

Best 5 Pedagogical Approaches for Top-notch Sustainability Education

Environmental and sustainability education means incorporating key sustainable development issues into teaching and learning; for...

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Getting Kids in Nature is Not Enough. Actions Speak Louder Than Words.

Alex Moxon

Dec 21, 20184 min read

Getting Kids in Nature is Not Enough. Actions Speak Louder Than Words.

If we are to create a new generation of ecoliterate young people who truly understand and value nature's life supporting systems, we must...

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Top 5 Ways to Empower Children to Tackle the 21st Century Environmental Burden We're Leaving Them

Alex Moxon

Dec 5, 20184 min read

Top 5 Ways to Empower Children to Tackle the 21st Century Environmental Burden We're Leaving Them

Environmental Education (EE) in the context of sustainable development is essential for the next generation to build a brighter future in...

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Philanthropy is Not the Solution to Sustainability. Here's Why.

Alex Moxon

Nov 26, 20183 min read

Philanthropy is Not the Solution to Sustainability. Here's Why.

Ecosia is a commercially-driven and clever search engine powered by Microsoft. But why would anyone want to change search engines from...

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Our Education System is Failing to Prepare Children for the 21st Century. Here's Why.

Alex Moxon

Nov 11, 20184 min read

Our Education System is Failing to Prepare Children for the 21st Century. Here's Why.

What outcomes should we seek from our education system, if we are to successfully prepare the next generation of young minds for a highly...

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Outdoor Education & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Alex Moxon

Nov 2, 20184 min read

Outdoor Education & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Outdoor education has come to mean many things. It can mean anything from adventure-based learning to environmental education, service...

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Educate Not Advocate: The Key to Sustainability?

Alex Moxon

Oct 26, 20183 min read

Educate Not Advocate: The Key to Sustainability?

According to Dictionary.com, the verb "to advocate" means "to speak or write in favor of, support or urge by argument; to recommend...

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Community Mapping: What's Affecting Your Neighborhood?

Alex Moxon

Oct 20, 20185 min read

Community Mapping: What's Affecting Your Neighborhood?

In service learning, students learn to tackle real-world problems in their community, while building deeper understanding and skills for...

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