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24.01.2022 Lots of uni courses and positions still open. See the below and the Jobs postings via CoooeeAds on our Hub page on the OEA Website.

19.01.2022 Due to new privacy rules in Europe, messaging via Facebook is not working properly at this time. If you would like to send a message to us, please do so via our contact page on our website. https://outdooreducationaustralia.org.au/contact/

16.01.2022 This time last year, Australia was battling some of its worse bushfires on record. Shortly after Covid 19 replaced global warming in the headlines. So where are we at today? With the impact of Covid 19 around world, the first half of 2020 saw an unprecedented decline in carbon dioxide emissions -- larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of the 1979, or even World War II -- according to a study in Science Daily published in October. However the author...s stress that the only valid strategy to stabilize the climate is a complete overhaul of industry and commerce . "While the CO2 drop is unprecedented, decreases of human activities cannot be the answer," says Co-Author Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. "Instead we need structural and transformational changes in our energy production and consumption systems. Individual behavior is certainly important, but what we really need to focus on is reducing the carbon intensity of our global economy." Which still requires individuals to step up, don’t you think? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas/2020//201014082806.htm

13.01.2022 For something different, here’s a 20 min interview with one of the outdoor ed instructors at the Outdoor Pursuits Centre in New Zealand, with some advice on using the right language. Instead of saying ‘be careful’, I challenge people to say ‘pay attention’ or ‘watch where your feet are’ when children are at play and parents fear they’re going to injure themselves. https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018782264#

12.01.2022 Our thoughts are with folks in South Australia this week. Hoping a Covid-19 vaccine comes soon. Bleak times in the UK as well.

11.01.2022 This story in THE CONVERSATION definitely strikes a chord > Why keeping one mature street tree is far better for humans and nature than planting lots of new ones. https://theconversation.com/why-keeping-one-mature-street-t It links to two other research studies that are definitely worth reading as well. ... Having trees on streets: Reduces crime rates (5 city study in the US 2015) https://blogs.lse.ac.uk//trees-a-new-partner-in-the-figh/ And Improves mental health. (Toronto Study 2015) https://www.nature.com/articles/srep11610 A great piece to share far and wide.

11.01.2022 It’s been a year like no other with untold challenges and also some surprising highlights. As teachers and students across Australia take their summer break, here’s hoping the world is a more positive place in 2021. To get you in the mood, here’s a great website that tells wonderful positive news stories from the UK on the the environment, re-wilding the country-side, what went right this week and more. Enjoy! https://www.positive.news

10.01.2022 In case you missed it - and a good read - is the November 2020 issue of JOEE. It features nine papers - six on research studies and three book reviews - from researchers around the world. Authors hail from Pakistan, Sweden, Canada and Australia. Articles look at the role of women in sustainability efforts in Islam, forest schools and bathing in Canada, recreational fishing in Sweden, and autism wild nature programs. https://outdooreducationaustralia.org.au/lib/joee_nov-2020/

10.01.2022 Towards the end of December major wordsmiths and dictionaries choose one word that sums up the shared experiences of the year. Predictably for 2020 some went with words such as pandemic, quarantine, doomscrolling, coronavirus. However Huffington post has advocated: There is a single word that sums up 2020 and does encapsulate, in a deeper sense, the shared experience of billions of people this year, Huffington said. That word is RESILIENCE, said CEO Arianna Huffington.... The reason resilience is my word of the year is because, unlike quarantine and coronavirus and social distancing, resilience is the only one that’s going to be just as relevant when the pandemic is over. Resilience is the quality that was summoned in us by all the challenges of 2020. And it’s also the quality that’s going to carry us forward into 2021. Some people might ask, What’s the big deal about a word? But words carry tremendous power, claims the author of this article. https://www.forbes.com//why-the-word-for-2021-is-resilie/

07.01.2022 In case you missed this Below is a link to the Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration. This declaration outlines the goals for education for all young Australians and is signed by all state and territory education ministers. The goals in the declaration align very very strongly with Outdoor Education. https://docs.education.gov.au//final_-_alice_springs_decla

02.01.2022 Here’s a Friday feel good. Far from the madding crowd. Stunning natural environment, amazing human endeavour.