This section is still under construction. Come back soon for more!
Main points:
Connecting people with nature (particularly local nature), sense of place; backyard nature is just as important as big nature
Acknowledging and respecting indigenous rights to the land and practices (stewardship)
All people should be able to engage with nature, regardless of race (historically, BIPOC have been excluded from natural areas), disability (much of access is based on walking or biking long distances) (there are others, but these are some of the main ways that people are excluded). We should make extra effort to make environmental ed more inclusive
Where it’s applicable to discuss, humans are part of nature, not separate from it. This is more of an environmental philosophy debate, but recognizing that we have a place in, not outside of nature is one of my goals of environmental education. This means not only talking about how humans impact the rest of nature, but also how nature impacts us.