Another great Explorations in Ecology Meetup! #forestschool #homeschooling #ecology #education #edusky #unschooling #bushscraft #foraging

Plan and journal from a recent explorations in #ecology meetup. #Homeschooling #ForestSchool #Unschooling #Edusky #DeepAdaptation

From my book: I like to think of ecosystems as a dance of interdependence. All ecosystem contributors, living and nonliving, participate in this grand improvisation. I don’t know the names of all the players in the band, but the seasons certainly lay down the beat for the rest of us. #ecology

A quote from my book: I like to think of ecosystems as a dance of interdependence. All ecosystem contributors, living and nonliving, participate in this grand improvisation. I don’t know the names of all the players in the band, but the seasons certainly lay down the beat for the rest of us.

Independence is a myth! Try existing in space as a test of your independence. Instead of learning how to be more independent, we should all learn to be more interdependent with each other and the rest of the natural world!

#forestschool #homeschool #unschool #edusky #education #natureschool In this journal, I reflect on the value of play-based learning. Yes, free play is wonderful and important, and I leave plenty of time for it. And, play-based adult-guided activity can also be a joyful learning experience for kids!

#forestschool #edusky #education #homeschooling #unschooling #ecology #solarpunk #parenting This journal contains a confession that sometimes I want to be a dictator, then I remember...

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#forestschool #homeschool #edusky Here's how I help kids deepen their relationships with themselves, each other, and the beyond-human world. The kids spent some time tying knots. Here's a post on working with cordage, including basic knot tying. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/cordage-ta...

#forestschool #edusky #deepadaptation #permaculture #unschooling #homeschooling #education #ecology I describe the Interaction Game here: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/field-trip...

#ecology #forestschool #education #deepadaptation #collpase I'm reading, Medicine Wheel for the Planet, and have updated my definition of ecoculture. It's a great read!

#forestschool #edusky #homeschooling #unschooling #ecology It took me 60 years to find my niche as a nurturer of outdoor learning environments and communities for children! For more about how I help kids construct their understanding of heat, see: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/snow-play-...

Hi @lindakwert.bsky.social, Would you consider adding me to your education writers' starter pack? I have an education blog ([email protected]) that looks like it will soon be a Chelsea Green book: Explorations in Ecology for Children and Their Adults

@rltauritz.bsky.social Hi Rebekah, would you consider adding me to your sustainability education starter pack?

#forestschool #homeschool #unschooling #play #ecology #deepadaptation #edysky Hey Y'all, Here's my plan, reflections, and photos from another playful Explorations in Ecology Meetup. And here's our circle format if you're interested. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/.../opening-....

Here's my plan and reflections on a beautiful Explorations in Ecology meetup. I discuss the Breathe into a Bush activity in detail here. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/.../sharing-.... #forestschool #edusky #parenting #homeschooling #unschooling #deepadaptation #ecology

#forestschool #edusky #education #homeschooling #unschooling #ecology #scienceeducation #science Today is World Water Day. Here's a post to help children and their adults learn about what makes water special! peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/water-is-l...

#forestschool #edusky #unschooling #homeschooling #collpase #deepadaptation Explorations in #Ecology Meetup Here’s a write-up about our check-in circle ritual: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/.../opening-.... Here's my activity plan, journal reflections, and a few photos from the day.

#forestschool #edusky #homeschooling #unschooling #ecology #collpase #deepadaptation The games we played are described in more detail here: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/trail-games

No being is independent or self-sufficient. If you think you are, try one minute in outer space without any of the relationships we need to survive. Here's my declaration of #interdependence #ecology #forestschool #unschooling #edusky #deepadaptation #collpase

#forestschool #homeschooling #unschooling #edusky #education #practicaldeepadaptation The two games we played are described here: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/.../nature-t.... and here: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/trail-game....

#deepadaptation #edusky Please contact me if you're interested in attending our monthly #collpase aware #educators meetings!

#ecology #anthropology #collpase #deepadptation #modernity #survivingthefuture #thegreatsimplification #forestschool #permaculture

#forestschool #education #edusky #homescholing #unschooling #collpase #deepadaption Children love building fairy houses, forts, and dens, and I love helping them learn #ecological design while they're #playing Ideas to help you help them in the link! peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/fairy-hous...

#forestschool #edusky #nature #homeschooling #unschooling #play First day of nature meetups this "spring"

First children's nature meetup of the spring. My favorite quotes of the day were "Best day ever!" and "Branches are nature's hammocks. #edusky #forestschool #nature #ecology

Hi @ckaus.bsky.social, I coordinate a group of collapse aware educators as part of the deep adaptation forum.

#ecology #edusky #collpase #deepadaptation #solarpunk #bateson Whaddaya' think?

#education #edusky #ecology #homeschooling #regeneration #forestschool Back in the day, I attended an educators' conference about Dealing with Diversity. Why is diversity a problem to be dealt with in schools, while ecosystems are powered by diversity? peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/mixtures-a...

@piperfuriosa.bsky.social Piper, would you consider adding me to your post doom starter pack? I am a collapse aware educator and coordinate the collapse aware educators group on the deep adaptation platform.

@keithdjohnson.bsky.social Hey Keith, would you consider adding me to your regenerative culture starter pack?

#forestschool #ecology #educsky #education #homeschooling #nature #outside #collpase #deepadaptation For activities that support learning about this idea, see: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/observing-...

Hi @katharinehayhoe.com I'm not sure if I'm in your climate educators starter pack. I host the Deep Adaptation Educators group, help kids learn skills they need to face collapse and am writing a book maybe called Becoming Earthlings: Transformative Adventures for Kids and Their Adults.

Anyone know of any collapse, regeneration, solar punk, permaculture, unschooling, or homeschooling stater packs

#forestschool #ecology #educsky #education #homeschooling #nature #outside #collpase #deepadaptation For activities that support learning about this idea, see peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/observing-...

This is the fourth big idea of ecoculture I support children learning as we play in the forest! #ecology #deepadaptation #education #homeschooling #forestschool peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/mixtures-a...

#Ecology #Education #Forestschool #collapse #deepadaptation This is the third big idea I help children make sense of as we play in the forest and gardens.

Sometimes we need something to lighten our day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmfc... #Collapse #Deepadaptation #Climatechange #Ecology

All living beings are similar. We're formed from similar materials, use energy to do similar things, and maintain homeostasis until we don’t. Cycles, synthesis, decomposition, and interdependence are critical in maintaining homeostasis. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/synthesis-... #Education

#Deepadaptation #Forestschool #Ecology Big Idea #1: We are all in this together as members of a global ecosystem. For an elaboration on this and the other big ideas we focus on in our book and meetups and how we support children, learning them, see: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/earth-cent...

I'm freakin' out! Chelsea Green Publishing is really interested in my book, Explorations in Ecology for Children and Their Adults! Time to write up a full proposal! See the current Preface here: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/field-trip... #ecology #forestschools #playbasedlearning #deepadaptation

#ecology #culture #ecosystems #regeneration #deepadaptation

I use the phrase #ecophilia rather than #biophilia. The antidote to our ecophobic culture is a love of ecosystems. Not just a love of living beings, but also a love of rivers, rocks, clouds, and winds. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/field-trip... #ecology #systems #education #nature #outdoors

#Eco-culture: A form of human culture practiced by land-based peoples for millennia that supports humans acting consciously in a way consistent with the unconscious behavior of #ecosystems featuring #regeneration and #interdependence rather than independence, growth, and destruction. #deepadaptation

Plastic Hubris We ingest and exude patterns. We put things together. We take them apart. Who would put together patterns no one knows how to break down? The thoughtless hubris. It’s not always easy to love humans. I’m doing the best I can. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/reducing-w... #edusky

We got a flat tire on a school field trip. An early teen was changing the tire with a little guidance. An elderly man stopped to see if we needed help. I explained what was up. He replied, “Ah... a learning.” He got the idea: walk along with the children and help them learn along the way. #edusky

Good mud is powered by #diversity. Groups of humans can be, too. When we have the skills to express our points of view, listen deeply to each other, and make decisions together, we can thrive in ways far beyond our own capabilities. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/mixtures-a... #deepadaptation

We are billion-year-old carbon And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden CSNY peterkindfield phd.substack.com/peterkindfieldphd/grow-something-itll-be-good-for-all-of-us #gardening #education #collapse #homeschool #unschool

Ecosystems function through interdependence and mutualism. Most living organisms don’t fight much and don’t harm their environments. The best we can do is ditch our recent cultural heritage and enact the wisdom of our ancestors and other living beings. #systems #deepadaptation #collapse #ecology