The Importance of Promoting a Sense of Place: A case study of facilitating the importance of natural environments to the cultural heritage, conservation and social diversity.
Details:
2:25 – 3:15 pm
13th of July
Room: Stringy Bark 1
Craig Kappes
Natural environments are vital to healthy communities. Developing a deeper understanding of these places helps promote their natural and cultural significance and provides opportunities to form connections to places and communities. Facilitated programming or adventure activity programming that considers the importance of place assists in providing strategies for participants to understand their home and other environments more effectively. This session will run as an interactive workshop that will examine the significance of the connection to natural environments in developing OE programming. The workshop will explore current and future environmental issues, cultural perspectives, and inclusion and diversity in the context of outdoor adventure programming. The session will also examine why OE programming including components of the connection to natural environments may be important to future OE programs.
About the Presenters
An advocate and lover of outdoor natural environments. These are places where I continually find purpose, meaning and pleasure. I have been an facilitator, teacher an administrator of outdoor education and adventure activity programming within secondary, tertiary and vocational learning learning spaces.
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