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Forest Educator with Ricardo Sierra | A Podcast for Revolutionary Conversations about Nature-Based Education

Welcome to the Forest Educator Podcast hosted by Ricardo Sierra. Join Ricardo as he engages in enlightening conversations with educators from across the globe who are revolutionizing nature-based education. Drawing on his 35 years of experience in wilderness education, Ricardo shares practical insights, tools, and best practices to inspire and support forest educators and camp staff worldwide. Tune in twice a week for interviews with passionate educators and skill spotlights that delve into the

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Episode 103 - Expanding Your Visibility and Clear...

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2024/05/30

This episode explores the powerful role that communication and visibility skills play in the overall long term success of our nature programs. It's not a reach to say that they are absolutely essential for us to master, and they are also the skills that we probably are the most reluctant to practice. Nature Educator April Zajko M.Ed. and I dive into these concepts and we share stories about our own journey as visionary business leaders and how we learned important lessons the hard way over

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Episode 102 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Weight...

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2024/05/27

The problem with 'awareness' is that it is 'on' even when we would prefer it wasn't. Once we open that capacity, it helps us see the world in new ways-both the beautiful and the painful.In addition to noticing the incredible birdsong or wildflowers, we also see the trash littered across the landscape, or the ragged destruction caused by wanton development. We know the joy of our personal refuges, and the agony at seeing them defiled by those who don't understand or know what makes them

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Episode 101 - Botany in a Day and Nature for a...

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2024/05/23

I have a penchant for the term 'Unsung Hero', because I believe it's an accurate assessment of so many of us 'nature educators' who plug away at their work, day in and day out, rarely getting accolades or even credit for their contributions to the field. I'm going to use it again here with this episode's guest, because he's earned it many times over through the decades of his innovation, free thinking and constant effort. Tom Elpel has authored many books and written countless articles for

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Episode 100 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Lessons and...

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2024/05/20

After doing fifty interviews with incredible educators and also fifty solo 'spotlight' episodes, I thought it was worth a moment to share some of my biggest 'aha' moments, surprising discoveries and also where this podcast might be going in Year Two. Doing two episodes a week has been an honor and a privilege, and also exhausting at times, too! I am not sure how I managed it, some months, but I'm very glad I did! The field of nature education is growing exponentially, and there are a lot

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Episode 99 - The First Forest School in Ecuador,...

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2024/05/16

It's never easy to be 'the first' in a pioneering effort. There is always a constant push to communicate the value, and the need, and the positive outcomes to people who may not even know they are missing out on something amazing and important. Each generation that follows has it a little easier, because they are arriving and standing on the foundations that the first pioneer laid, for the benefit of future generations of students and educators. For the past four years, Carol Sanchez has

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Episode 98 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Desert Solitaire

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2024/05/13

I've always been drawn to areas that are desolate, open and devoid of human presence, and this episode explores the power of our desert landscapes through my own stories and experiences. Deserts are far more than sand and cactus, and most people speed through them as fast as humanly possible. There are gifts to be found if we learn how to approach these unique places in ways that change us inside forever. Join the Forest Educator Patreon! https://patreon.com/ForestEducatorPodcast Connect

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Episode 97 - Climate Change, Media Literacy and...

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2024/05/09

Sometimes, nature education can be 'up close and personal', like a walk in the woods, or picking raspberries. Sometimes, it's more about paradigm shifts, technology strategies and learning to avoid being manipulated by intellectually dishonest players in our current systems. In this conversation with author and educator Jeff Share, we talk about some of the fundamental problems around climate change and effective messaging, shifting narratives, and educational leadership that begins in middle

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Episode 96 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Working with...

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2024/05/06

According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 1 out of 5 U.S. children ages 3-17 has a mental, emotional, behavioral or developmental disorder. Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric conditions in children and adolescents, affecting nearly 1 in 12 children and 1 in 4 adolescents. This means that it's almost a certainty that if you are working with children, teens or adults, you're getting a fair number of children or teens in your programs who are struggling with a myriad

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Episode 95 - The Secrets of Organic Chemistry in...

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2024/05/02

I am pretty sure I would have enjoyed my high school chemistry classes more if they had been taught by my guest Peter Kindfield, who shares his methodology and approach in outdoor learning. His experiences demonstrate again how important our work is, for all of us in this field, and to discuss these topics, because I believe we are piloting the future models of early childhood, elementary and middle school education.It's a natural 'next step' to give ourselves opportunities to go deeper into our

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Episode 94 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Getting Our...

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2024/04/29

One of the very first challenges educators have today is finding a way to connect with students, and then inspiring them to engage with the activities and experiences offered because THEY want to, not because they HAVE to. Without that key ingredient, we can't really go anywhere. Full stop. If you have experienced difficulty with this, you will know exactly what a problem it is, and how excruciating it is to be in it, for everyone involved. Sometimes, we get lucky and don't have this kind

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Episode 93 - Finding Support for Forest School...

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2024/04/25

Many Forest School Leaders begin their educational nature journey in the fields of Bushcraft, and ancestral skills. Some come from a background in public education, while others get their start in Special Education. Others still come from an occupational therapy or mental health background. All seem to respond to the needs of children, and a desire to help them grow and thrive. Most of us don't really want to 'start a business' with all that it entails, but we usually don't have a

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Episode 92 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Shining...

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2024/04/22

In every program, just like in life, there are things that are clearly defined, established and understood, and then there are the 'grey areas'. These are places where expectations can grow, issues can be unmet and problems can hang out, in the twilight gloom of our nature school or forest kindergarten. Left unchecked, these grey areas can create enough friction and frustration that it can sometimes tear apart our programs or our communities, and have tremendous negative impact for all

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Episode 91 - Wild Earth, Wild Soul with Sky Otter

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2024/04/18

Sky Otter formerly known as Bill Pfeiffer is the founder of Sacred Earth Network (SEN) which implemented leading edge visions for over 25 years. In that time, Sky made Russia a second home having traveled there 44 times assisting the environmental and indigenous movements through SEN. This has given him a rare cross-cultural perspective. He has also led hundreds of spiritual ecology workshops, including men’s and breath work. He has 25 years of experience in Re-evaluation Counseling and Vipassana

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Episode 90 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Staff...

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2024/04/15

Join the Forest Educator Patreon!https://patreon.com/ForestEducatorPodcast Connect with Ricardo: https://www.foresteducator.com/ https://www.theforestboxforkids.com/ https://www.hawkcircle.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-sierra-5980931/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_forest_educator_podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RicardohawkSierra

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Episode 89 - Teacher, Mentor, Author, Advocate: The...

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2024/04/11

One of the goals of this podcast is to shine some light on the accomplishments and hard work of amazing naturalists and educators like Amy Butler. Her tireless work in the northern heart of Vermont has led to nature based programs for youth, wonderful staff training, public school partnerships and a thriving North Branch Nature Center.In our conversation, Amy shares details about her book 'Educating Children Outdoors', which is a guide for teachers and educators to achieve outstanding results for

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Episode 88 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Rites of...

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2024/04/08

In this episode I share how I began adding 'rites of passage' elements into my summer camps, class trips and skills programs & activities, with an emphasis on the practical nuts and bolts aspects to these topics. I also share how I got started in leading 'Coming of Age' programs for boys entering young adulthood, and how it evolved to working with parents as well. There is a noticeable shift in my own students and staff that occurs when I hold a space for this kind of awareness, and I have used

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Episode 87 - Student Driven Assessment in Inner City...

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2024/04/04

When you think of a 'nature school', most of us don't think of Newark, New Jersey. It's incredibly urban, and set in a world that is almost completely dominated by human engineering. To make a nature program work, it helps to start small, and to throw away the idea of 'what a nature school should look like'.This concrete jungle is where Chantel Zimmerman began her education journey. She eventually left the public sector to create a successful nature program called The Sensory Garden, where

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Episode 86 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Rites of...

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2024/04/01

We're talking about The Hero's Journey this episode, and how it relates to the work we do as Forest Educators. The Monomyth has a multitude of stages that are easily recognizable when we know what to look for, whether we are working with elementary age students, middle schoolers, high schoolers or adults. The Hero or Heroine undergo many ordeals, trials and tasks in their journey into the unknown. They encounter beings who might be allies, or become enemies, and discernment comes into

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Episode 85 - Emotional Learning and Behavior Support...

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2024/03/28

There are over 250 PRESCHOOLERS in the US who are either suspended or expelled from their programs EVERY DAY. No, that's not a typo. Two hundred and fifty preschoolers, every day, in America. When our children are struggling, they literally can't attend programs that don't provide an environment that supports them. When they are kicked out, it creates tremendous stress for parents and those students, to find new programs that WILL address those needs. This means that forest schools are going

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Episode 84 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Power of...

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2024/03/25

There are few things that are more universally shared by humanity than comparative mythology and the 'initiatory experience'. In this episode, we explore the incredible power that Initiations have in our individual and collective psyches, and how we can use this understanding to support our students in their learning and development. We also explore the 'Rite of Passage' ceremonies and how they served multiple functions in a small village or community for tens of thousands of years. Bringing

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