by Dr. Angie Moline Last year I surveyed university faculty who teach field-based academic courses (i.e. geology, archeology, ecology) and learned that 64% of them
by Rick CurtisFounder, OutdoorEd.com Alligator Death at Disney The tragic death of a toddler at Disney World in Orlando, FL points to an important risk
Catch a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse of staff development at NOLS. Tod Schimelpfenig and Liz Tuohy discuss the intricacies of teaching judgment and decision-making with a
Lecture from the 2014 Wilderness Risk Management Conference
Risk management expert Deb Ajango talks about the how the brain reacts under pressure and the implications of this in staff training. One of the core presentations
Some assume the merits of risk to be self-evident (no A’s without F’s). Yet, this isn’t a commonly shared value among students, parents, or even
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Extreme kayaker and National Geographic grantee Trip Jennings takes a harrowing journey that almost ends in tragedy during his source-to-sea first descent of Pandi River
After years spent churning around the corporate buzzword blender, the phrase “risk management” has too often become associated with lengthy legal documents filled with useless jargon and
At NOLS, we believe in the value of spending time in wild places. We also know there is risk involved in what we do. We
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