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Campfire Conversations – Ep#17 – Tinkering School – Gever Tulley, Founder of the Institute of Applied Tinkering
What happens when we truly trust children and believe in their capabilities. On their recent visit to Tinkering School overnight camp in Half Moon Bay, San Francisco, Trudi Bennett… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#15 – Brightworks – Hugo, Junior Collaborator – Children as mentors
While visiting Brightworks Tinkering School in San Francisco Daniel Burton met with Hugo, a junior Collaborator whose role it is to mentor younger visitors to the centre’s school holiday summer… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#14 – Brightworks – Karen Dwyer-Meadow, Tinkering School Manager
Tool use amongst children, especially young children, can cause concern, apprehension and even fear in adults. Daniel Burton meets with Karen Dwyer-Meadow (Tinkering School Manager), Brightworks San Francisco, and discusses… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#13 – Wilderness Awareness School – Survival and Nature Connection in a Modern Age
Join Trudi Bennett as she speaks with Dan Corcoran, Samuel Bowman and Rachael Witt from the Wilderness Awareness School in Duvall, Washington. The facilitators of the weekend Survival Basics Course… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#12 – Wolf Camp – Personal Responsibility
Join Daniel Burton and Trudi Bennett at Wolf Camp and the Conservation College by Lake Sammamish, Seattle. They reflect on their experience at Chris and Kim Chisholm’s family day camp… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#11 – NatureBridge – Jen Kidder and Inquiry Based Learning
In Episode 11 of Campfire Conversations Trudi Bennett meets Jen Kidder, Educcation Director of NatureBridge in Olympic National Park, Washington. Jen shares the value of Inquiry Based Learning and… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#10 – IslandWood – Ben Klasky and Outdoor Classrooms
Join Daniel Burton as he meets with Ben Klasky, CEO of IslandWood on Bainbridge Island, Seattle. They discuss nature as the ‘first teacher’ and how when we use the… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#8 – Nature Pedagogy
In August 2016, Daniel Burton and Trudi Bennett (Co-Founders of Educated by Nature) embarked upon a 5 week study tour of the USA to learn from some of the… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#07 – Wilderness Nature Connection – Anna Killgrew
In Episode 7 of Campfire Conversations Trudi Bennett introduces her nature connection mentor, Anna Killgrew from Koora Retreat Centre, in the Western Woodlands east of Perth. Anna discusses how… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#06 – Wilderness Awareness Games – Nature Connection Mentoring
“To the people you serve, it may seem like nothing but running through woods, playing games, and listening to stories. An underlying intention they never realise lies beneath this… Read more