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we are all Changemakers
Our programs and services empower individuals, teams, communities and organizations to offer nature-based experiences that support people in restoring their relationship with nature. We highlight equity-minded, flexible, adaptable pathways for nurturing connection that meet people where they are. We incorporate the science of nature connectedness, best practices in community engagement, and frameworks for program design and implementation to help organizations create programs that are responsive to community needs and sustainable for long term impact. Whether you are a small non-profit seeking to improve employee wellness, a large corporation aiming to incorporate a conservation ethic through improved nature connectedness, a public garden wanting to offer programs for restoration and mental well-being, or a school wanting to better use campus green space for wellness and learning … we are here to help you take the practical steps towards successful program development.
Nature Connection Leader Certification
Our Nature Connection Leader Certification prepares professionals from a wide range of fields to lead nature-based experiences that support an engaged emotional connection with nature in our everyday lives. We translate the science and practice of nature-connectedness into five highly practical and adaptable exploration areas that may be used creatively in program design to meet the needs of diverse people and places. Our work is based on the understanding that our personal relationships with nature need to be strengthened, as the pervasive loss of nature connection fuels the environmental crisis and mental health epidemic. At the root, we need to embody our deep belonging in nature if we are to grow in ways supportive of human and planetary health.
The pathways for nurturing transformational relationships with nature may be based in science, but they are highly approachable and intuitive as they speak to basic needs for emotional connection, belonging, playfulness, creativity, purpose, and meaning making. When skillfully integrated into learning processes, treatment plans, work-life rhythms, team building, youth programming, and health and wellness programs, nature-connection initiatives nurture personally meaningful relationships with nature that inspire purpose and meaning in caretaking for the earth and ongoing adaptive mindsets and lifestyle change.
The Nature Connection Leadership Certification is offered in partnership with schools, universities, nature centers, parks, mental health and wellness centers, ecotourism sites, corporations and non-profits of all kinds. The program may be offered in a variety of formats from in-person intensives to hybrid learning communities. Learn more about the program and criteria for becoming a host site below.
Nature Connection Incubator
The Nature Connection Incubator is a customized experiential learning process guiding a team of colleagues in creating institutional changes to support a culture of nature connection. The initiatives created during the incubator aim to support the health and well-being of all members of the organization, the community it serves, and the natural world on which it depends. By exploring a variety of research-backed approaches and engaging in facilitated dialogue and creativity exercises, participants collectively create actionable nature connection initiatives foundational for a thriving organization. The Incubator program serves schools and universities, businesses, retreat centers, mental health agencies, social service agencies, parks and recreation departments, and more.
Presentations, workshops, and Consultations
Our lively and interactive presentations and workshops chart new directions for personal and organizational growth. We help you envision the potential for nature connection programming for your organization with case studies, discussion of the practical application of research, and our highly adaptable Nature Connection Concept Map — a foundational resource that guides the program planning process.
Our consultation work begins with getting to know you, the context of your work, and both the challenges and opportunities you see in integrating nature connection initiatives into your setting. To help make the work practical, achievable, and sustainable, we address all aspects of reimagining and adapting available green spaces as mental health resources, nature play and exploration areas, classrooms, and places for restoration, community building, artistic expression, and stewardship. We support you in creative placemaking using resources already available to you and in the program design process so that you are prepared with both the space and the interventions needed to achieve your goals.
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