Category: Campfire Conversations

  A very important part of the Educated by Nature kitbag is the humble hut (cubby, fort, den, hide-out… it goes by many names). As Nature Connection Mentors we see… Read more

  For decades, Adventure Playgrounds have provided platforms for children to act out those things ‘playing’ on their minds. Play in unstructured environments, were children are asked to make their… Read more

  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

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

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

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

  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

  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

  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