For educators, organizations and individuals working to connect young people to the natural world through the arts.
Mission
Our mission is to connect young hearts and minds to the natural world through the arts and to inspire teachers to contextualize these programs for their own communities.
Vision
Our priority is to nurture students toward a sense of place that leads to understanding and ownership of responsibility and purpose in stewarding their environments and communities.
Values
Our organization’s culture, and the gauge by which we measure all decisions, is service-first. We work to be "POP" certified: principles/planet/people and purpose over profits.
Teacher Training
We offer our teacher training programs as both distance learning and
in-person opportunities. Our in-person trainings are held at our two locations in Springfield, MO in the US and on the island of Saõ Miguel in the Azores, Portugal.
Our curriculum is designed to be customized to fit any length of student program. If you are interested in using our curriculum to enrich your community, sign up to be notified when we launch our 2024 training dates.
Program Overview & Outcomes
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Essential Questions / Points of Inquiry
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Purpose
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Spacial reasoning
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Problem solving
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Imagery
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Stewardship and conservation
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Self-exploration and expression
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Creative expression
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Impact and understanding relationship
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Skills
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Observation and Identification
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Proper use of natural materials
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Sense of place and local ecology
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Foraging & basic botany
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8 Units
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Earth and Plant Colors
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Natural Fibers & Weaving the Wild
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Using Natural Color with Fibers
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Wild Clay
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Wild Foods/Herbs/Spices
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The Art Garden
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Wildlife
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Program Synthesizing
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Transformations
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Self-discovery
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Identity as part of nature
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Community roles and relationships
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Resources
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Downloadable PDFs
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Teaching texts and videos
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Curriculum
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