Wilderness education: for an intimate connection to nature

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The Wilderness education-Blog – Become a Wilderness education-Expert

Get to know the tools and skills of wilderness education to connect intimately with the pristine nature.

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The Nature Museum - Core routines in wilderness pedagogy

Why a nature museum changes the view of nature (core routine of wilderness pedagogy)

Collect, astonishment, understand: A Nature Museum makes knowledge tangible and transforms children & adults into researchers.
11 simple, quick recipes for the campfire with children

11 simple and delicious recipes for the campfire with kids (also for groups)

Discover creative campfire recipes for fun with kids. From delicious snacks to great ideas for an unforgettable campfire adventure.
How real recognition changes your teaching

Recognition in the modern world - an impulse for educators to create deeper relationships

Recognition as a secret tool. How to create real connections in nature education and why you should not use recognition sparingly.
Feeding marks on cones: Who was it? Squirrel, mouse?

Feeding marks on cones? Who was it? Mouse, squirrel, woodpecker, or crossbill?

Discover, who is behind the feeding traces on cones. Guide for trackers: mouse, squirrel, woodpecker, or crossbill? Find out!
How to become a Wilderness Mentor (The complete Guide)

Becoming a wilderness mentor: How to unleash your full potential (comprehensive guide)

Find out how to become a successful wilderness mentor. Tips, guides, and training for your career in the wilderness. Become a wilderness expert now.
Discover over 100 ideas - microadventures with children

100 Ideas for Microadventures with Kids - Finally More Fun in Nature

Discover over 100 ideas for microadventures with children in nature. Fresh air, community, and fun for families and teens.
Animal tracks in the snow (by the certified tracker)

Recognizing and interpreting animal tracks in the snow in Germany: identifying prints, tracks, and trails (with pictures)

Discover the art of tracking and learn to recognize and interpret animal tracks in the snow, from deer, hare, wild boar to fox and squirrel.
Why I rely on leather & wool for equipment

Why I use leather and wool as gear - my motivations and how I reconcile this with my moral

Learn why I use leather and wool for outdoor gear despite my appreciation for animals and how this can be reconciled.
Smudging with herbs - How to start your healing ritual.

Smudging with herbs step by step - from collecting, effects, binding smudge bundles to smudging in rituals

Do you want to start smoking herbs? Here you will get the basics to try out smudging and experience its healing effect.
33 ways for more nature connection in everyday life

33 Tips for More Connection with Nature - How to Strengthen Your Connection with Nature

You long for a stronger connection to nature? Here you can find 33 specific exercises and ideas, with which you can easily strengthen your connection to nature.
Silent Walking for Beginners: How to Successfully Get Started

What is Silent Walking? - An introduction to the wonderful meditative practice

Silent Walking is easy to learn. With these tips for beginners, you start mindfulness practice and experience its beneficial effect.
Which education suits you? Environment, nature, forest, wilderness?

What is the difference between environmental education, nature education, experiential education, forest education and wilderness education?

What is the right one for you: difference between environmental education, nature education, experiential education, forest education and wilderness education.
8 Underestimated Abilities of North America's Indigenous People

8 underrated skills of the indigenous peoples of America that we should learn again

The Indigenous peoples of America were incredibly skilled in everyday life. Find here a list of survival skills from which we should learn.
Becoming native through mapping (+2 ideas for children)

Become native through mapping: An activity for exploring and getting to know a place (+2 missions for children)

With mapping and building maps, children discover their environment in an intense way. Learn two great missions for you and children's groups.
Go barefoot Here are many reasons why it makes sense.

Go barefoot! Numerous reasons why you should do it today - a blessing for body and mind

Walking barefoot is a great way to reconnect with the earth and ground oneself. I will show you reasons why barefoot walking is beneficial.
How do we learn today compared to our ancestors

The western education system and the learning system of our ancestors - two totally different educational philosophies compared

The Western education system and the learning system of our ancestors - two traditions that stand diametrically opposed to each other in many respects
How you make a flute from a knotweed (+pictures)

How you build a flute from a knotweed (step by step with pictures)

In this step-by-step guide with pictures, you will learn how to build a flute with four tone holes from the tubes of Japanese knotweed.
The power of connecting with nature and why it helps you

Connect to nature is not just important - it is hugely important! The power of nature connection.

Nature connection is the feeling of intense connection with nature. When we spend time in nature, we can immediately experience this feeling.
A Guide to Bird Language: Finally Understanding Birds

A guide to approaching bird language and how you can learn to understand birds yourself

A guide to bird language and how to learn it yourself. Learn everything about the messages of the birds and how to interpret the songs and melodies.
How you build a wilderness candle with and for children

How you build a wilderness candle with children

A wilderness candle is a nice little idea for your forest program with children. You only need empty snail shells, beeswax, and a wick.
Learning Tracking for Beginners (Many Picture Examples)

Learning to track for beginners (with many picture examples)

Tracking is a great skill for identifying animal tracks. Learn to read tracks with this guide and find numerous examples and pictures of tracks and signs.
Why Wandering in Wilderness Education is so strong

Wandering: Why aimlessness connects you more with nature

Learning twice as much through unplanned time and at the same time sharpening the senses? With the core routine of wandering, this is possible.
Inspire people with the Coyote Teaching

How you inspire people through Coyote Teaching?

The learning method of Coyote Teaching has been successfully practiced by indigenous peoples for thousands of years and is based on curiosity and enthusiasm.
How gratitude makes you more resilient and happier

How thanksgiving makes you more resilient (+ exercises)

The power of giving thanks will transform your entire life. In fact, you will perceive nature and the people around you differently.
The sit spot: the miracle tool of wilderness education

Why the sit spot is the miracle tool of wilderness pedagogy?

The sit spot is one of the most important core routines in wilderness pedagogy. How you start with it and what it means for you, you learn in this guide.
15 forest games for children to have fun in the forest

15 forest games that will definitely make your kids have fun in the forest

What would happen if your children were never bored in the forest, and they got to know nature? With the 15 forest games, your children will have fun.