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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 83 - Unplugging in Nature: Unraveling the...

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2024/03/21

Connect with Jael:https://natuurpedagoog.nl/ https://www.instagram.com/natuurpedagoog 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 82 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Finding Your...

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2024/03/18

The paths we take in our journey as educators are incredibly diverse and unique to each of us. We all have different origins, with mentors, teachers, opportunities and our communities all influencing how we do what we do. In this episode, we explore some of the ways we end up in our 'forest educator lanes', and how to change lanes, as well as why it can be incredibly beneficial to ourselves, our families, our students and our professional growth to make a shift. Join the Forest Educator

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63:05

Episode 81 - Forest Learning in the Los Angeles...

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2024/03/14

Deep in the concrete jungle of spanish style homes, freeways, urban sprawl and mini-malls, there are naturalists who know the canyons, coastal foothills and estuaries hidden throughout the city. It's here among the live oaks and agave that children learn about acorns, lizards, animal tracks, and other aspects of California wildlife. I had all kinds of flashbacks to my own childhood throughout this conversation with Madlen Sarkisyan, who co-founded The Children's Forest School based in this

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Episode 80 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Moving the...

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2024/03/11

This episode is an exploration of some of the critical issues we encounter as nature based educators when we enter the public education system. The road to Forest Education for all seems to point to a relationship with public schooling, and it's been my experience that going in with our eyes wide open is a great strategy. I use several analogies for the massive bureaucracy that makes up the public system, including The Cargo Ship and the Sail Boat, and The Borg from Star Trek, (You too, will be

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71:31

Episode 79 - The Unbeatable Combination of...

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2024/03/07

You all know I like a good analogy, so I'm going to say that the duo of Marika and Angela reminds me of the heroes of my comic book days, when I was a collector. I'd mow lawns for my neighbors, and then ride my bike six miles into town to buy my week's new issues. One of my favorites was the Marvel Team-Up comic, where two heroes who don't usually 'hero' together do what they do best, and take care of business. Spider-Man and Daredevil. Wolverine and Iron Fist. It was a 'golden age' of comics

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Episode 78 - Forest Educator Spotlight - The...

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2024/03/04

This episode is a conversation with Jonny Walker, a poetry, creative writing and language arts educator from London/Uk. We explore how 'traditional' or classical education benefits when we incorporate nature based approaches that deliver powerful outcomes for students and schools. He shares about the need for direct experience and full contact with nature for awakening and expanding the outer and inner world of his students, which leads to inspiration, depth and courage, which are all essential

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Episode 77 - Living Your Values, Building Community...

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2024/02/29

It's one thing to learn wilderness skills, and it's another thing entirely to integrate them into our lives in meaningful ways. This is the path that Dariya and Jefferie are walking, with the added ingredients of a newborn child and teaching both online and in-person classes! We talk about their desire, no, their NEED to live in a way that reflects their values, with drinking only spring water, eating locally, and incorporating wild foods and movement into their lives as well. Walking through

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Episode 76 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Necessity...

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2024/02/26

This episode could be titled 'The Problem with Getting Comfortable with the Status Quo', because there's a very real disadvantage that happens when we slip into a routine. Organizations do thrive on consistency, and operating within a system that has uniform inputs and outputs, and those who are in charge will resist attempts to change them, for a lot of reasons. One is cost, because training everyone to do things differently is expensive in both time and money. Another is working out who

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54:31

Episode 75 - Multicultural Adventures in the Canadian...

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2024/02/22

One thing you learn to love in Vancouver, British Columbia is the sound, the feeling and the smell of rain. You also get to enjoy the bald eagles hunting by the river, and the herons, and the towering cedar trees and big leaf maples. For Maria Jose Obando, it wasn't that hard to do.She's the founder of the Little Paws Outdoor Classroom, and her program operates among the city and metro parks of Vancouver, serving a multicultural community with bilingual forest school activities and

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Episode 74 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Doing Hard...

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2024/02/19

An aspect of nature education that I believe is greatly overlooked is the ability and benefit it gives young people to 'Do Hard Things'. This happens when we learn to climb a steep hill, climb a tree, master carving knife safety or learn to think of others in our groups! It happens when we learn to be safe and respectful about campfires. It happens when we begin our studies in wild foods, birds, animal tracks, trees or bushcraft skills. (This list could be very, very substantial!) All of these

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58:55

Episode 73 - Collisions of Earth & Sky: Seeking...

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2024/02/15

The path of a writer and poet is a solo journey. We navigate winding, circling loops of our own stories, sitting in the caves of our memories , reliving the places that changed our understanding, sometimes forever. These offerings to the world expose our inner world, demanding that vulnerability as payment for finding our authentic voice that echoes across the canyon walls. My guest is Heidi Barr, and she shares her own path from a childhood in South Dakota to far flung places and back to the

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Episode 72 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Navigating...

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2024/02/12

There comes a point in most nature education programs' evolution when we have to decide on what 'legal entity' or structure we are going to use to do business in our community. Will we be a Sole Proprietor, in a for-profit model, or maybe a Partnership or LLC? Or do we go in the Nonprofit Organization direction, with all of its complexities and possible advantages? This episode dives into this topic and explores the advantages to both legal structures, as well as their challenges, too!

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Episode 71 - Dynamic, Community Based Bush Kindy in...

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2024/02/08

One of the most remarkable qualities I have seen in most 'Forest Educator' leaders I've met through this podcast is their ability and willingness to adapt, change and respond to the needs of the children, families and communities when needed. Areta Farrance is an incredible leader who is doing this in a big way, and seeing positive outcomes and results. We talk about her work building a community and extended family model of nature education, (commonly known in Australia as 'bush

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Episode 70 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Nature Job...

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2024/02/05

If you are a Nature Program Director looking for helpers or a Nature Educator looking for work, this episode can help you find the right situation or people for a positive, mutually beneficial experience! Nature programs, wilderness camps, youth therapy expeditions and forest schools are always looking for great candidates, and there are lots of awesome educators and counselors and leaders looking for their next adventure. So, how do we find the right situation on both sides of this

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Episode 69 - Creating a Forest School as a Village...

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2024/02/01

My guest in this episode found her way to 'nature based education' under duress, like so many program leaders. Danielle Zola shares her visionary journey that was propelled by the needs of the children, and the needs of parents, and the desire to not 'settle' for the status quo. It's the most painful thing to see our very young children suffering in a school system that struggles or fails to be flexible and adapt to student needs, so stepping away from that model was a first step towards

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Episode 68 - Forest Educator Spotlight - Lessons From...

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2024/01/29

The winter is a time of contrasts, where survival is hardest for most living things, and at the same time, sometimes also including times when we can feel closest to those in our families and our lives. This episode explores the lessons found in the wild, through Winter Skills classes I've led for over 25 years, with students ranging in age from 14-50. We discuss some of the most challenging winter conditions for survival, high energy food, fire skills and the wonders of insulators found in the

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Episode 67 - Public Schools & Nature Program Leverage...

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2024/01/25

For most nature educators, getting into a public school can be daunting and even a little intimidating. The desire to offer forest education to ALL children is balanced against the number of hoops we have to jump through to make it happen. Enter April Zajko, who is a nature preschool teacher with a keen understanding of how to find ways to collaborate with schools and organizations in a variety of settings. She's a 'Jill of All Trades', when it comes to Forest Education. She presents at

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Episode 66 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Ethical...

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2024/01/22

Ethical dilemmas happen when we are faced with situations where all of the options have conflicts with our morals or personal philosophy or beliefs. In Forest Education, this happens around a number of issues, like employee compensation, or wildcrafting resources, or program pricing. Thirty years ago, I faced these issues alone, and did the best I could, as you will hear in this episode, but in today's digital world, we have new resources and connections and networks so we don't have to navigate

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Episode 65 - Choosing Wholistic Nature over Corporate...

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2024/01/18

When Rimi and her husband chose to 'Take the Leap', it didn't seem TOO difficult. Leaving a good corporate job with a decent nest egg and opening an island retreat center in the Azores seemed relatively safe. Everything sounds good in theory. In your living room in Massachusetts. However, things can go south in a hurry when 'island time' and contractors and language barriers all combine into a perfect storm. That living room feeling can seem impossibly far away. Hard times show us who we

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Episode 64 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Swamp Stories

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2024/01/15

If there is one area in nature that many people 'fear to tread', it's wetlands, bogs and swamps. These areas are difficult to traverse, especially if you are afraid to get dirty. There are mosquitoes. There are snapping turtles. Water snakes slither under the banks, and great blue herons stalk frogs along the lily pads. There is often a rich, moist smell of decaying leaves, tree bark and plants that a lot of people find objectionable. I get it. We're used to clean environments, fabric softener

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