Our Place Summercamp gets kids out of the house and into nature. For 5 days campers hike, climb, wade & swim “our place”: the 5 ecoregions of the Nonotuck biome. These activities aren’t just “fun”—they’re designed to increase camper’s perceptual abilities, stimulate their critical thinking skills, inspire their creative imaginations, and counteract “nature deficit disorder.” [...]
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Learn where Transcendentalism came from, and how it informs our way of perceiving nature
Land and Liberation is a 1-day environmental philosophy intensive for adults that explores the connections between biome and culture. freedom is the gift of nature Jefferson In 1736, the Reverend Jonathan Edwards observed that the Nonotuck bioregion encouraged spiritual and political liberation: The people of the county in general, I suppose, are as sober, and [...]
