Welcome to the Jungle

Hello and Welcome! My name is Daisy Bewley and welcome to my virtual woods classroom! Over the next few months blog posts will include information on how our environment and connection to nature can teach practical skills, personal behavioral development and mindfulness. Some posts will offer tips on how to utilize your environment to your advantages, while others will simply go over the history of wilderness literature and education.

This blog mainly consists of two topics. the first is how the environment and the wilderness can be informative in teaching skills and characteristics that can be used in everyday life. The other is how the wilderness has inspired works that can be used in educational settings and what you can learn from past history and stories. This blog will go into detail on both of these topics, providing a little bit of insight that will make this blog more understandable.

This blog is mostly inspired by the term "Nature Deficit Disorder" coined by Richard Louv in his book Last Child in the Woods. In this blog, I intend to provide insight as to how our environments and nature can be used for the betterment of our mental and physical states. Additionally, there will be tips and examples of how outdoor skills can teach both practical skills and life lessons on things like patience, creativity,

 This blog will hopefully answer some of the questions relating to this topic. These questions include what exactly is the purpose of using the environment and nature for the betterment of our mental and physical states? Also looking at the different pieces written by authors about the environmental and what ca their perspectives can teach us? Finally, how outdoor skills can teach practical and important life lessons.

Overall this blog should help readers find inspiration to get out of their current surroundings and get outside. Read on for inspiration and information that encourage more education in everything outdoors!

Happy Trails!
Daisy