Outdoor Learning Conference 2024

The stories we tell matter. Indeed, they are all that matter. And the stories of the earth as “natural resources” in the service of a growth economy abound. This is a workshop that shares the potential pedagogical power of reclaiming and sharing stories about the earth’s interwoven tiny miracles. The earth is sacred, and the miracles are everywhere. These miracles are not, however, usually in our story frames. As such, with wisdom from Joanna Macy and Molly Brown’s The Work that Reconnects: Coming Back to Life (2014), this workshop will ask participants to be with and share stories of the earth's interconnected miracles. We will gather to offer our stories of tiny miracles and explore how such sharing can be a powerfully revolutionary pedagogical practice.