LEARN AND SERVE AND GEOCACHE TRAINING

August 7, 2008

 Challenger Middle School, Cape Coral FL

GOPHER TORTOISES AND HABITAT TRAINING 

August 16, 2008

Barefoot Beach Preserve (AM Session)

 Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL (PM Session)

Last Child in the Woods – By Richard Louv (2001)- this well-reference book has explanations for our children’s changing relationship with the environment and outdoors.  Simple hints like the recommendation to say “pay attention” instead of “be careful” when speaking with children about spending time outdoors might help us cure “Nature Deficit Disorder”

An evening with R Louv (author of Last Child in the woods0 (a 45 min interview with 25 min Q&A)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrDIbt80Ve8

http://richardlouv.com/

Supporting  efforts to prevent (or cure) Nature Deficit Disorder:

http://www.childrenandnature.org/

Bill Hammond (Environmental Educator of Lee County, Fl)

1) Urban Field Trip observation skills handouts, (Biologist and other professions).  While the specifics on these instructions are written for a walkabout in Downtown Fort Myers, these handouts could be helpful in giving students the lens to see their school campus in a new light, and help us all try to improve our urban environment for wildlife.

2). Creative journaling hints- probably much more powerful than we realize.  I suggest that those of us participating in “Gopher the Cache” keep a creative journal of the experience so we might capture and learn even more from the experience.

Elements of Change - an entry by Dr. Hammond from 1994

Reflection on wild-places