I am new to Substack - both as a reader and, soon, as a writer, launching my Learning by Nature Substack next week (did I just say that out loud?!). It’s about nature-based learning - it’s practice, research-backed benefits, and why everyone should be committed to tackling “nature deficit disorder” in public schools (focused on the US at the moment. I have set a modest goal to publish one time per month. We’ll see where it goes. Congratulations on your journey - very inspiring and I look forward to following.
Thanks for letting me know, Becca. My last school was set on a property with a donkey, cows, several dams. I used to take Year 7 on a brisk walk around campus between our double periods to ‘reset’. You have a great niche there. You can do this. My advice is to be a bower bird, collect all your material and then write as soon as a piece coalesces in your mind. But not before. Once a month is easy this way.
Love the Bower bird metaphor. Thanks! Also- brisk walks outdoors are a scientifically backed reset strategy. Way to go! Do you do those with your current students?
I am new to Substack - both as a reader and, soon, as a writer, launching my Learning by Nature Substack next week (did I just say that out loud?!). It’s about nature-based learning - it’s practice, research-backed benefits, and why everyone should be committed to tackling “nature deficit disorder” in public schools (focused on the US at the moment. I have set a modest goal to publish one time per month. We’ll see where it goes. Congratulations on your journey - very inspiring and I look forward to following.
Thanks for letting me know, Becca. My last school was set on a property with a donkey, cows, several dams. I used to take Year 7 on a brisk walk around campus between our double periods to ‘reset’. You have a great niche there. You can do this. My advice is to be a bower bird, collect all your material and then write as soon as a piece coalesces in your mind. But not before. Once a month is easy this way.
Love the Bower bird metaphor. Thanks! Also- brisk walks outdoors are a scientifically backed reset strategy. Way to go! Do you do those with your current students?