NJEF: Educational Programs at a Land Conservancy

This week, our special guest Tara Laidlaw shares with us about the programs she has developed for kids using nature journaling with the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy. Tara shares about her programs, her school visits that help to set the tone for the field, the transformative field trips her students embark on with her, and how she has set the educational program up for long-term success.
Since 2020, Southern Oregon Land Conservancy has been facilitating nature journaling field trips and public programs for learners of all ages. Join us to hear how we established these offerings, the impact journaling is having on participants, and the way journaling is helping SOLC work toward stewardship, education, and inclusion goals.
(Session on 10 April 2024)
www.landconserve.org
/ solandconservancy
To get in contact with Tara, please email her: [e-mail]

[@amyvetter1830]

sit time, the calmness, quietness, is something I would cherish for the kids. After being a 24 year school bus driver, quiet sitting is not something, I feel, kids are taught well. I partly blame the lack of "church" time in families, where kids are taught to sit still, don't talk, pay attention, for extended periods of time. High energy, run around with no limits is difficult to over come. Your story really touched me on this aspect.

[@amyvetter1830]

I wish you were closer to Roseburg, so I could volunteer with you.

[@amyvetter1830]

I will always call that flower Jamal!

[@amyvetter1830]

do you encourage the kids to bring the parents to the adult classes, to get more journaling/family time for the kids?