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An Innovative Partnership to Bring PBEE to High School Students
“I am working with a sophomore right now who is struggling at school, and I had yet to hear him say more than a few words in our class,”...
joan9778
Dec 18, 20192 min read


New Hampshire Charitable Foundation announces nearly $300,000 in grants to support place-based ecology education in the Upper Valley
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is announcing $289,435 in grant awards from its Wellborn Ecology Fund. The grant dollars will...
joan9778
Oct 18, 20194 min read


Building Friendships and Writing Skills in the Forest
For the last school year, 3rdgraders at the Lyme School and the Sharon Elementary School have been writing to one another in a pen pal...
joan9778
Jun 17, 20193 min read


Teaching the Whole Child through Place-based Ecology Education
Both Shawn Brodeur-Stevens and Mary Lord have been teaching at Charlestown Middle School for over 20 years. Yet they have the energy most...
joan9778
Mar 31, 20194 min read


Igniting academic curiosity through outdoor exploration
Scott Ellis has infectious enthusiasm for getting outside to learn and explore in nature. He taught at the Cardigan Mt. School in Canaan,...
joan9778
Mar 1, 20193 min read


Forest Days
The Best Day Ever - Forest Kindergarten in NH & VT.
joan9778
Feb 1, 20193 min read


Cultivating Perseverance, Kindness, and Empathy in the Outdoor Classroom
When Nikki Raney thinks about what skills she wants her third-graders at the Dothan Brook School to have when they grow up, she says...
joan9778
Nov 18, 20183 min read


Hornet Stings, Unstructured Learning & Resilience
Leslie Connolly and Jackie Atherley are a dynamic duo. Working together at Hanover’s Bernice A. Ray School, the two are embarking on an...
joan9778
Oct 20, 20183 min read


We Make the Path by Walking
For Beth Ann Drinker, learning to trust herself was one of the most important challenges in taking her students outdoors. “I’ve taught...
joan9778
Jul 14, 20183 min read


Forest Friday for Lyme 3rd Graders
Lyme School 3rd grade teacher, Trisha Gautreau caught the PBEE bug 5 years ago when she took a nature writing course for professional...
joan9778
Jun 17, 20181 min read


The Heart & Soul in Place-based Ecology Education
This year Sharon Elementary School 4th and 6th grade teachers, Meg Hopkins and Janis Boulbol, piloted a program called A Week in the...
joan9778
Jun 16, 20181 min read


Education Characterized by Joy
Eliza Minucci is a humble yet powerful force in the movement to get kids outdoors and learning through play in nature. As an educator,...
joan9778
May 12, 20183 min read


PBEE as a Pillar of School Culture
“Every day I go out with kids is wonderful”, Lindsay Putnam reflects. “Perhaps one thing that is particularly good to hear is when a...
joan9778
Apr 14, 20185 min read


Waking Up To The World
Rob Hanson epitomizes the phrase, “lifelong learner.” He has taken advantage of more than a dozen place-based and environmental education...
joan9778
Mar 17, 20183 min read


Envisioning School-Wide PBEE
Newton School principal, Greg Bagnato, started getting a lot of phone calls and emails when Anmari Kicza, the school’s kindergarten...
Emily Shipman
Jan 18, 20184 min read
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