A typical day at Our Place camp includes: —meeting at 9am at the Forbes Library, then driving away in the van for our day’s explorations —arrival a few minutes later @ our field study site in one of the 5 ecoregions of the Nonotuck biome, which has been chosen because it is a fountain of [...]
This year we’re publishing campbooks that will contain maps, natural history info, excerpts of nature philosophy and room for in situ journal writing/drawing. Here’s a cover that might end up being used for grades 1-3:
Our Place summercamp combines healthy outdoors exercise with healthy mental exercise, and this sets it apart from other camps. For 5 days, campers roam the Valley and are immersed in its biotic vitality. As they have fun romping around, they are prompted to hone their abilities of perception—to see, hear, smell, touch and taste with [...]
Biocitizen is a school that walks. This makes what it does, in many ways, the opposite of conventional institutional learning; the outdoors is our classroom. When we need indoor spaces to work in, we use public facilities: museums, libraries, town halls, cafes. Our basic philosophy is that the world is our text, and to grasp [...]
