As a former university professor, I have to say I am impressed by the direction some educational trends are heading. Coming off the tide of Richard Louv's bestselling Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, more and more "nature classrooms" are springing up nationwide. These "place-based" educational facilities are designed to make students more environmentally literate and start by having class outside . . . in the woods! One such fine, forward-thinking school is the Wilderness Skills Institute in Scotts Valley, CA. I have been blessed by being asked to speak at WSI. The students will have no trouble guessing who their guest speaker is once I arrive: Like a country bumpkin fresh off the bus in skyscraping NYC, I'll be the slack-jawed fellow gawking at the never-ending redwood tree tops. |
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