Study first to show how natural environments keep negative feelings at bay A new study has found that being in nature helps people deal with negative body image by removing some of the triggers of body image anxiety, such as the focus on social media, and strengthening coping mechanisms to Read more…
‘Let them be kids!’ Is ‘free-range’ parenting the key to healthier, happier children? This article prompted thoughts. It’s a tough but important balance between providing high quality, safe, organised outdoor and adventure experiences that deliver outcomes (and value) schools and parents want AND just letting kids play and roam outdoors Read more…
Surrey wildlife experts gives our pupils a day to remember As part of our UK-based Adventure Education Courses we managed to secure old friend and conservationist Ross Packman from The Surrey Hills Wildlife Trust to come along and do a ‘Surrey Hills Wildlife Safari’ (well, that’s what we are calling Read more…
Here is a 2 part series podcast with Simon Beames on the Meaningful Sport podcast. Admittedly it’s been 3 weeks since I listened to it – how much has changed since then! It is a good and frank conversation about the value (or not!) of adventure education. My main takeaway Read more…
Hypothesis: We are born with a calming connection to the natural worldAim: Prove hypothesisMethod: Take an upset baby into the natural world. Observe behaviour.Apparatus: Baby. Pram. Fresh air. Trees. Plants. Parental permission.Results: Baby calmed right down and was transfix on all things green.Conclusion: We were born with a connection to Read more…
We very much recommend reading this article: Skin Deep | Why The Outdoors Has A Race Problem And How It Can Be Fixed The most salient extracts for us were: 👉 Feeling unwelcome in the countryside “Our lack of presence in the outdoors is not, as is often perceived, a Read more…
ARE YOU USING THE OUTDOORS FOR YOUR MIND HYGIENE? In times where physical hygiene is paramount and our mental wellbeing is under more, or at least different, pressures I’d like to introduce mind hygiene and how the outdoors can help. Photo: Mountain bike practice, Morzine BOTH MIND HYGIENE AND PHYSICAL Read more…
We made this about zones of comfort… Which is a slightly simpler copy of this… Which was adapted from this… Which we found on a Tweet from Bryanston School Outdoor Education department: @BryOutdoorEd Which was originally create by Colin Mortlock who was a pioneer in Outdoor Education… Learn more about Read more…
We’re very interested in Leadership and Followership and how adventure can be used to help young people develop future proof skills. During the Summer of 2019 we introduced the topic of followership skills to some of our groups which went down very well and we are developing the delivery of Read more…
While our ability to go out and have adventures is very limited at the moment, there is nothing to stop us dreaming and enjoying some inspirational adventure films. The following films show some amazing skills and displays of resilience from young people. At times, not all adventures are fun. Climbing Read more…