We empower educators to bring nature’s proven academic, wellbeing, and planetary benefits into every school.

The Challenge

01.

In every classroom, students are struggling physically and mentally, spending more time indoors with less physical activity than ever before. This makes it hard to learn.

02.

In every school, teachers are overwhelmed providing both academic and social-emotional support to students. This makes it hard to teach.

03.

In every community, education is fundamentally disconnected from nature and the environment. This makes it hard to connect learning to the world around us.

The Opportunity

Over 1.5 billion school-aged children and 81 million teachers spend up to 20% of their waking hours in schools.

Including nature experiences as a regular part of learning supports:

improved health and well-being for students & teachers.

improved mental health for students & teachers.

improved academic performance, focus, behavior, & love of learning.

enhanced pro-environmental behaviors.

The Solutions

We make bringing nature’s proven and wide-ranging benefits into schools easy.

Teaching Outdoors Training

Our foundational professional learning experience equips PK-12 educators with the essential skills and knowledge to become comfortable and confident delivering engaging, standards-aligned lessons outdoors.

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Teaching Outdoors Challenge

In a facilitated or self-directed format, our multi-week professional learning community supports educators addressing authentic problems of practice as they develop and refine their outdoor teaching skills.

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Good Natured Fellowship

Our year-long Fellowship provides a comprehensive professional learning experience for teacher-leaders dedicated to integrating nature into their instruction and sharing their expertise with colleagues and beyond.

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Good Natured Consulting

From conducting teacher surveys to facilitating community focus groups to recommending materials for your unique outdoor spaces, we’re with you every step of the way in your journey to implement nature-based education.

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“The workshop was just what I was hoping: a combination of inspiring, sparking of new ideas for outdoor classrooms and activities, and pragmatic information and models of how to make outdoor instruction happen. I felt this workshop in my body, mind, and spirit!”

-Joseph Polman, Professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development at CU Boulder