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Blog Post: Future Trends in Outdoor Education

Jay Roberts

As we turn the corner away from the 00’s or the “aughts” or whatever historians will choose to call the last decade, it’s worth taking a moment to look ahead toward future trends and issues that will affect things in the outdoor education field for the next ten years or so. Future...

onFri, Feb 12 2010
Blog Post: Why you should care about "twittering"

Jay Roberts

Twitter? Tweeting? Twibes? Come on, you say, isn't all that stuff ridiculous? No, it isn't. Used in certain ways, twittering is an amazing tool that allows you to "map the discourse" of any particular topic or field that you may be interested in. Used properly, twittering gives you...

onTue, Apr 21 2009
Blog Post: Race, class, climate change, and outdoor education

Jay Roberts

A recent post on climate change and race ( http://tinyurl.com/b6fzp7 ) brings up an issue that really needs to be on the forefront of outdoor and environmental education moving forward. It is becoming increasingly clear that climate change will become the defining issue of our times. Just as with civil...

onFri, Mar 13 2009
Blog Post: Is Wilderness a Useful Environmental Ideal Anymore?

Jay Roberts

I recently came across Brian Merchant’s blog about 7 classic American “Green” works of literature here: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/read-american-environmental-classics.html . In the list: Walden by HD Thoreau, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, Leaves of Grass by Walt...

onThu, Feb 19 2009
Blog Post: Jumping the Railing: Is Outdoor Education Losing Its Sense Of Adventure?

Jay Roberts

I recently returned from leading a semester program to New Zealand for college students interested in environmental studies. As part of the semester, we travelled with a guide to Arthur's Pass National Park on the South Island to learn more about alpine ecology. While in the park, we took a trail...

onWed, Jul 30 2008