Episode 80 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Moving the Needle-Equity, Education & Changing the System

This episode is an exploration of some of the critical issues we encounter as nature based educators when we enter the public education system. The road to Forest Education for all seems to point to a relationship with public schooling, and it's been my experience that going in with our eyes wide open is a great strategy. I use several analogies for the massive bureaucracy that makes up the public system, including The Cargo Ship and the Sail Boat, and The Borg from Star Trek, (You too, will be assimilated by The Borg!) and a few others, so hopefully I don't come across as too harsh. You'll have to be the judge and let me know if I crossed any lines! We have some big challenges ahead, we're underfunded and we're small, but we have an incredible ally called Nature. We have biology and genetics and some ancestral heritage on our side to boot, and we have some learning models that deliver powerful results. I'm not sure exactly how we are going to make this happen, or how long it's going to take, but I'm really excited to see what happens next.

Forest Educator with Ricardo Sierra | A Podcast for Revolutionary Conversations about Nature-Based Education · Ricardo Sierra