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Andrew reflects on a bunch of unanticipated goodness emerging from the pandemic.
This booklet is designed to be the starting point for anyone getting ready to take the next step toward doing more PBE.
The other day as I looked at my three adolescent children, I found myself wondering if their cohort of peers might someday be referred to “Covid Kids.”
Being excluded or restricted in the outdoors because of one’s skin color and identity is one dimension of another version of racism: environmental racism.
Question: What do you get when you cross a sharp mind, an artful eye, and a kind heart?
Answer: Qing Ren, Research Associate Extraordinaire at PEER Associates
Reflections and resources about learning while in a pandemic.
Summaries of two recent reports that provide strong empirical evidence for the importance of nature connection.
PEER summarized 55 recent studies about the effects of nature-based play and learning.
PEER authored a case study of three public schools in Vermont and New Hampshire that hold kindergarten outside on a regular basis.
Here is a description of the tool and process PEER uses to get evaluations going on the right track. You can adapt it for your own work.
Exciting new findings from PEER evaluation of teacher practice in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont.
Check out this template we created for crafting your environmental or place-based education message.