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Sharing Nature WorldwideSharing the joy of nature since 1979

Celebrating 30 years of sharing nature with the world!


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Established in 1979 by naturalist

and author Joseph Cornell,

Sharing Nature uses creative

activities to give people joyful

and inspiring experiences of na-

ture. We believe that by uplifting

peoples consciousness we can

change the way they relate to the

world around them. The method

we use to accomplish this transfor-

mation is Flow Learning, a playful

and inspirational teaching strategythat takes people where they are

and gently brings them to a more

profound experience of nature.

Sharing Nature is dedicated to helping people of all agesexperience their oneness and harmony with all life.


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Table of Contents

Sharing Nature sparked a worldwiderevolution in nature education. Cornell

is one of the most highly regarded nature

educators in the world today.

National Association for Interpretation

Sharing Nature Around the World

Flow Learning & The Nature Activities

Sharing Nature Country Profles

An Invitation from Joseph Cornell

Ways to Join the Sharing NatureWorldwide Movement:Our programs and resources


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In countless lands and cultures, people are discovering the joy o nature through the in-novative methods o naturalist Joseph Cornell. Sharing Nature activities give people theirown inspiring experiences o the natural worldthis simple key lies at the heart o Shar-ing Nature and is the secret o its amazing growth.

Josephs Sharing Nature books have been translated into 20 languages. They are used invirtually every corner o the earth. Joseph has personally presented his nature-awarenessprograms in 30 countries to tens o thousands o adults and children.

Joseph Cornell has quietly inuenced generations o teachers in the UK. His phi-losophy and activities have also become a key component or our countrys ReligiousEducation Environment Program. Professor Alan Dyer, University of Plymouth, UK

Sharing Nature is for adults, too...

Sharing Nature activities are helping adults rediscover their inner connection with nature.The Swedish adult education association SV, through itsNatural Recharging program, ishelping adults relieve the stresses o modern lie and fnd joy and serenity in natural sur-roundings, through reective Sharing Nature experiences.

Medical and mental health proessionals and religious leaders have discovered that theSharing Nature activities provide a way to promote inner harmony with the environment,and with God.

How Sharing Nature Began

When Joseph Cornells frst book, Sharing Nature with Children was published in 1979,it was greeted with universal acclaim. Renowned conservationist Sir Peter Scott said,I ound Sharing Nature with Children a most original and imaginative concept in a feldwhich is vital or the welare o the planet. J. Baldwin, editor o Whole Earth Review,wrote, This is absolutely the best awareness-o-nature book Ive ever seen. Sharing Naturewith Children has become justly amous because it works.

Adults responded as enthusiastically as children, prompting Joseph to writeListening toNature, a guide or grown-ups to fnd inner peace and harmony with nature. About thissecond book, Vance Martin, executive director o World Wilderness Congress, said, Wetoo seldom take time to appreciate the essence o nature itselits beauty, wonder, andinspiration.Listening to Nature takes us back to this essence, showing us a pathway tobecoming a better person and ultimately a more eective conservationist.

Sharing Nature in Many CountriesEurope. Joseph Cornell has had a towering, phenomenal

inuence on the development o environmental education

in Central Europe. F. W. Georg, ounding director o the Na-

ture Conservancy Academy, Hessen, Germany

Brazil. Rita Mendona, national Sharing Nature coordinator,gave a workshop in the Amazon or proessional ecotourism

guides, some o whom had worked in the area or 40 years.

Their attitude at rst was that she had little to teach them.

But ater several Sharing Nature activities, a woman ap-

proached Rita and said with deep emotion, You are helping

me nd the orest inside o me! We dont know the orest in

this way!

New Zealand.Throughout New Zealand, children are grow-

ing up with the consciousness and experience o the Sharing

Nature activities.Kate Akers, Education Ofcer, New ZealandDepartment o Conservation

Japan. In Japan, more than 30,000 leaders have learned the

Sharing Nature methods, and more than 200 regional groups

are spreading Sharing Nature throughout Japan. Twenty-ve

Japanese universities ofer Sharing Nature semester courses,

and the Japanese Ministry o Education has endorsed the

use o Sharing Nature activities in the elementary science

curriculum.

China. Chinas most inuential environmental organization,

Friends o Nature, reports that when Sharing Nature with

Children was translated into Chinese, it was the rst time that

efective methods or teaching environmentalism had ever

been introduced in the country.

United States. In the late 1970s, Cornells book introduced

nature games in which nature is the teachergames

that inorm, inspire, and are just plain un. Almost two de-

cades later, with 500,000 copies oSharing Nature with Chil-

dren in 20 languages, Sharing Nature has become not just

a book but a worldwide approach to nature education.

Planet Patriot Books

Sharing Nature Around the World


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When a copy ofSharing Nature with Children landed in our midst, the teacher/

naturalists were like vultures competing for the kill. Most of us were new to

environmental education. We had ecology textbooks and feld guides, but little

else besides what our hearts were guiding us to do. Here in this book, we found

everythingphilosophy, activities, and ways to lead children to meaningful envi-

ronmental education experiences. It was hugely signifcant to usit was our guide

and our compass.

A Sharing Nature Story

Lucy Gertz, Environmental Educator, New England, USA


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Making a Rainbow. In the Natural Processes game, playersdiscuss the principles o a natural phenomenon, and act it out asa group.

In Sound Map, children listen to naturalsounds and record them on a map. Cup-ping their hands around the ears gives thechildren ox or rabbit ears and helpsthem hear better.

Unnature Trail: Placing dicult-to-spot objects along a trail challenges children tobecome more attentive in the outdoors. One child said ater playing this activity, Isaw a lizard blink thirteen eet away!

Flow Learning

Flow Learning involves all o my students and keeps disciplineproblems to a minimum. Carol Malnor, Educator and Curriculum

Developer

What never ceases to amaze me is that people so easily engagewith Sharing Nature games and the inspired Flow Learning strat-

egy. Flow Learning is so potent, so gentle, that it seems the mostnatural and obvious way to communicate nature education tochildren and adults.Kate Akers, Outdoor Educator, New Zealand

The Nature ActivitiesCreated by Joseph Cornell, educator and author of the Sharing Nature series of

books, Flow Learning has been praised by educators and facilitators worldwide for

its ease of use, effectiveness, and power to uplift and inspire.

Flow Learning gives teachers and youth leaders a simple, structured way to guide

students into their own, direct experiences of nature. Through playful games that

awaken the students curiosity and enthusiasm, learning becomes fun, immediate,

and dynamic, instead of static and secondhand. The students emerge with a living,

fresh understanding and reverence for the natural world.

Flow Learning is based on universal principles of how people

learn. It provides a simple, natural framework that sequence

nature activities for maximum effect.

The four stages of Flow Learning are:

1. Awaken Enthusiasm 2. Focus Attention3. Experience Directly 4. Share Inspiration.

order your copies ofSharing Nature with Children Volumes I & IIVisit www.sharingnature.com

To learn more about Flow Learning and Sharing Nature Activities

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In Tree Imagery, players become a tree and eel what its lie is likethroughout the course o the year.

Above:Sitting Quietly, Refecting: Writingpoetry and drawing ones best vieware among the Journey to the Hearto Nature exercises that help peoplebond with a special place in nature.

Bird Calling: In North America,

you can call small birds to come closeby making a pssh-pssh sound (amethod used by birdwatchers). Here,a Brazilian girl in the Mata Atlnticarainorest uses a wooden call to attractbirds.

In Heartbeat o a Tree , children o any age use stethoscopes to listen tothe circulatory system o a tree. (Thin-barked trees work best.)

Right:Share Inspiration: Refecting on our

personal experiences in nature, andsharing them with others, claries andstrengthens them.

A Flow Learning session begins with lively, playful

activities that awaken the students energy and

enthusiasm. The second series of activities challenge

the students to focus their attention through their

senses of touch, hearing, and sight. The third stage

offers activities that immerse the students in their own

direct experiences of the natural surroundings. By

becoming absorbed in an aspect of nature, the

players experience what it is like to be part of the

natural world. Finally, the students gather and share

the inspiration of their experiences.

Flow Learning takes us beyond the intellect, and into

the heart where true understanding and appreciation cantake place.Michael Smithson, Chie o Resource Education,Olympic National Park

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News from Other CountriesSang Ook Chang, director o Sharing Nature Korea, estimates that 50,000 South Korean children and parents haveexperienced Sharing Nature games. Five Sharing Nature books have been translated and published in South Korea.Sharing Nature with Children I and IIandJohn Muir: My Life with Nature won the Korean Ministry o Environments BestBook Award.Kate Akers o Sharing Nature New Zealand reports that children throughout the country are growingup with the consciousness and experience o the Sharing Nature games. Sharing Nature is taught in preschools, kinder-gartens, high schools, colleges, Guides and Scouts, and public workshops. Kate says, One o my avorite aspects o theseworkshops is watching a group o strangers become physically and mentally attuned to one another and their natural

environment within minutes o beginning the program. In Sweden, country coordinator Peter Wiborn and educators atSwedish Nature Schools have inspired thousands o children and adults with Sharing Nature activities.

Germany & Central EuropeIn the 1970s and 1980s, nature education in Germany and Central Europe wasocused on the severe environmental issues acing the region. But educatorsbegan to notice that children were shying away rom nature, because they eltoverwhelmed by the problems.

When Sharing Nature with Children was published in Germany in 1981, it oeredyoung people positive experiences o nature through joyul, upliting games.Soon ater Joseph shared his message at a major European environmental educa-tion conerence, Sharing Naturebegan to spread rapidly through-out Europe. Today, Sharing Na-ture books have been published in13 European countries.

In Central Europe, the HessianNature Conservancy Academy

sponsors yearly Sharing Natureworkshop tours, organized byBernhard Neugirg. Joseph hastaught 60 all-day seminars inGerman-speaking countries or2,500 inuential educators.

To help adults experience naturemore deeply, in 2003 Joseph andthe Academy began oering InnerNature workshops that blend nature activities with meditation. Also in 2003,

Joseph received the prestigious German Ways o Nature Education prize, pre-sented by Count and Countess Bernadotte.

BrazilIn Brazil, an organization o 200 Sharing Nature educators oerstraining or ecotourism guides, teachers, corporations, and ur-ban youth. The Instituto Roma also oers rainorest treks andprograms or orphanshelping them eel a sense o intimacy and

closeness with the Earth.In 2006 Instituto Roma co-sponsored aNature and Unityconerence with Joseph Cornell. The sessions drew 300participants and weretelecast to environmen-tal educators and ecot-ourism guides through-out Brazil. InstitutoRoma also hosts a livelyInternet group or Shar-

ing Nature educatorsacross South America.The Instituto activelysupports Sharing Naturegroups in Venezuela,Uruguay, and Colombia.

Instituto Roma director Rita Mendona says, Most Brazilianenvironmental educators have traditionally adopted a rationaland scientifc approach, but when they experience Sharing Naturegames, they see how they can achieve better results with experien-tial methods.

Countess Bernadotte and Joseph Cornell

In 2003, Joseph Cornell received the Countess BernadottePrize awarded by the German Horticulture Association orhis tremendous infuence on nature education in CentralEurope.

Sharing Nature Brazil Sta (Instituto Roma).


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Would you like to experience

Flow Learning and our nature activities?

Or share them with others?

A Sharing Nature trainer will be happy to

speak to your group or organization. Our

trainers are exceptional individuals who love

nature and people, and can bring them beau-

tifully together. Many have led workshops for

20 years or longer.

I hope youll take this opportunity to discover

the closeness to nature that Sharing Nature ac-

tivities can bring. If you can attend or sponsor

a Sharing Nature event, wed very much enjoy

meeting you.

May you always feel

Natures joy.

Joseph Cornell

For detailed inormation about Sharing Na-ture programs in the US and Canada, emailor phone Greg Traymar, Sharing Nature USA,[email protected], (530) 478-7650,or Janet Barlow, Sharing Nature Canada,[email protected], (1) 902-494-7644.

For programs in Asia, Europe, New Zea-land, and Latin America, you can getin touch with a Sharing Nature repre-sentative or organization by visiting

www.sharingnature.com/training

Dr. Shin-ichi Furihata,Japan

Rita Mendona,Brazil

Greg Traymar,North America

Sang Ook Chang,South Korea

Bernhard Neugirg,Germany

Sharing Nature Programs & Presenters

Sharing Nature programs are for:

Educators | Naturalists | Community Leaders

Religious Leaders | Families | Businesses

Anyone who wants to feel closer to nature, to others, and to an upliftingand renewing way of life.

A million great ideas They will put lie into our programs This was the most practical (andcertainly the most enjoyable) inservice course Ive ever attended... The activities have given me con-fdence to be more adventuresome in my teachingFrom the powerul eect o the workshop onme, I know that i I can touch people this deeply, I can make a huge dierence in the world.

I have always had a sincere love or nature. Your workshop brought that love to a level I neverdreamed possible. I wish I could have experienced a Sharing Nature Workshop earlier in my career.

Joseph T. Emerick, Environmental Education Coordinator, Cambria Co. Conservation District, Pennsylvania

Listen to participants talk about our programs:

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Joseph Cornell has delivered keynote speeches tohundreds o organizations, including John Den-vers Windstar Symposium, the InternationalCamping Congress, the Japan EnvironmentalEducation Forum, and the Ecotourism Guide As-sociation o Brazil.

Joseph also leads Sharing Nature Training and Re-treat Weeks in northern Caliornia, or those de-siring in-depth instruction in the Sharing Nature

methods. Joseph has received many internationalawards or his vast contribution to the feld onatural science education and his service as arole model or educators worldwide.

Sharing Nature Resourceswww.dawnpub.comwww.innerpath.com

Joseph Cornell is one o the most inspiring, authentic, visionary and grounded people I know. We frstmet close to 30 years ago, at a time when his landmark book, Sharing Nature with Children, was begin-ning to resonate with people throughout the world. His longstanding work and vision have nourishedthe roots o the emerging worldwide movement to reconnect children and nature. Joseph moves with alight step, warm laugh, and open heart to bring wonder, respect, and love o nature to learners through-out the world. I am among the many who are grateul or Joseph Cornell and his gentle, natural leader-ship. Cheryl Charles, Ph.D., President and Co-Founder Children & Nature Network,

Founding National Director, Project Learning Tree and Project WILD

Besides the Sharing Nature programs in thisguide, Joseph and others welcome invitationsto give the ollowing presentations:

Balancing Science with Love

Inner Nature Workshop: The Art o Receptiv-ity. A seminar that powerully combines medi-tation instruction and practice with reectivenature experiences.

Experiencing the Divine in Nature. Thisseminar introduces Sharing Nature activitiesthat enable us to eel Gods love, stillness, andgrandeur while outdoors. These exercises, stories,and meditations expand our sense o sel and helpus eel greater love and empathy or our worldand its inhabitants.

We can also arrange Simulcast and Webinar pre-sentations or your group.

To ask about Joseph Cornells availability or con-erences and major events, please email or call theSharing Nature Foundation at (530) 478-7650or [email protected].

In North America Sharing Nature offers the following programs:Sharing Nature Training | Family Programs

Joy in Nature Retreats for feeling your own joyous connection with nature

How to Deepen Your Experience of Nature

Sharing Nature Training & Retreat Week with Joseph Cornell in Northern California

The Cornells at HomeJoseph Cornell and his wie, Anandi, live innorthern Caliornia at Ananda Village, a success-ul intentional community based on the teachingso Paramhansa Yogananda and his disciple, SwamiKriyananda, one o the oremost teachers omeditation in the world today. Joseph and Anandihave been his students and riends or more than35 years.

Josephs service at Ananda includes teaching and

writing on meditation, Kriya Yoga, and otherinspirational topics. He directs

Ananda Meditation Support, aree online ministry oering medi-tation instruction and inspirationto more than 5000 people. Josephrecently created the beautiulflm, The Git o Inner Peace, tointroduce the joys and benefts omeditation: www.giftofpeace.org

Programs with

Joseph Cornell


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Man is not himsel only

He is all that he sees;

all that ows to him rom a

thousand sources...Mary Austin

Feel the Joy and Unity of NatureAttend a Sharing Nature program

Sharing Nature Worldwide14618 Tyler Foote Road, Nevada City, CA 95959www.sharingnature.com Email: [email protected] Phone: 530-478-7650

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