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TAKE A GIANT STEP. For those who can think with an open mind and heart,:
An active overview:
The Millenneum
Global Community Study/Activity (45-60 minutes)
Site Section Content Links
(select by interest, click on underlined
topics)
Introductory Materials:
Welcome and Overview
Immediate Interactive Distance Learning:
Online trails and Free Activities
Long Term Interactive Distance Learning:
Newbook SPECIAL
Courses SPECIAL
Workshop Dates
Degree Programs
Books, Articles and Process Information:
Other Books
Livelihood-Careers
Articles/Releases
Evaluations
Personnel
Miscellaneous
Links to Sites and Associates:
Links
Earthday Special
Homepage
WELCOME
AND ORIENTATION:
Welcome and Summary
Read this first.
Heart
of Contents (homepage) Core information..
Register here for updates.
The
Program Essence Letter A participant's experience
The Sense of the Senses a visualization study
you can do
Overview An
outline of purpose and values interview.
Introduction Connecting
with Nature: Fact or Fancy?
Program
and Process: a preface to course participation.
Program information,
free activities, courses, contests, articles,
online internships, book synopsis, games, updates, programs and prizes
by automatic e-mail.
Awards Received: site and process evaluations from the internet community
The Quail Trail Site Tour: A seven station tour of
the highlights of this web site. (same as Heart of Contents above)
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FREE
ACTIVITY PAGES AND ONLINE TRAILS:
Online Activities:
The Nature trails (listed
below): online, sensory, hands-on,
self-discovery, activity and focus vehicles that utilize the site's methods
and materials (The
Quail Trail is listed here but is not interactive as are the trails below.)
The
Inner Nature Self-Discovery Trail Enjoy this site's essence through fun online experiences
The Secrets-of-Nature Trail
and Game: a hands-on sensory challenge. To
obtain via e-mail send to: trailgame@ecopsych.gen.com
Origins Trail: Experiences that helped create the Natural Systems Thinking
Process.
The
Natural Attractions Great Bear Trail Enjoy subconscious connections that we share with the
web of life.
Outdoor Activities:
The
Millenneum Global Community Activity An enjoyable Giant
Step overview activity that
you can do, teach and distribute.
The
Global Wellness and Unity Activity: IN BALANCE WITH EARTH A key to reconnecting with nature,
also available by sending a blank email to: activity@infofree.com
1997 Earth Day Activity, by e-mail to:
activity@infofree.com, Its Archive of Responses is also available by e-mail
to archive@ecopsych.gen.com
1996 Earth Day Activity LET EARTH SPEAKis
also available by e-mail to earthday@ecopsych.gen.com
From
Insight To Action How can we come to our senses? Questions to ask
yourself and an activity that helps answer them.
Action:
Add
Your Signature to Robert Theobald's
Endorsement. A letter you can consider, sign
and send.
Join our Discussion Group Mailing
List: Enjoy the Art, Science and Spirit of Nature Connected Community,
share your memorable nature experiences
Newsletter Updates
Nature Descriptions Shown To Help Reduce Stress -- A Free Service
See Free Course below,
it contains four activities and personal growth interactive
opportunities.
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NEW BOOK:
RECONNECTING
WITH NATURE: Finding wellness through restoring your bond with the Earth
. A self-guiding book with activities for use independently, before
Well Mind, Well Earth and with all courses. Also available via e-mail to:
rwn@ecopsych.gen.com
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COURSES:
A Free 3-day basic distance learning course
freecourse@ecopsych.gen.com via e-mail. Does
not quallify you for internship opportunities, course prerequisite only.
ORIENTATION
COURSE: distance learning fun via
e-mail (4-parts 6 hours total): Fulfills internship, degree and course
prerequsite requirements.
Reconnecting With Nature Courses:Applied Ecopsychology
In Action 4, 6, and 12 week distance learning, self-improvement,
courses by e-mail lead to certification. Transferrable graduate and undergraduate
or career credit optional. Info by e-mail to: course@ecopsych.gen.com
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WORKSHOPS:
Schedule of On-site Workshops and Courses
DEGREE
PROGRAMS:
Independent study Ph.D., M.S and.B.A., degree
programs or certification that,
at minimal cost, integrate wellness, environment and psychology. Descriptions,
internships, FAQ and application
The Global Education Life Experience Year:A
hands-on opportunity to independently learn environmentally sound self-improvement,
economics, and social justice.
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OTHER
BOOKS:
WELL MIND,
WELL EARTH training manual: 97 environmentally sensitive stress
management activities. Includes The Field Guide to Connecting With Nature:
Creating Moments that Let Earth Teach by Michael J. Cohen, Ed.D. Reviews
are available by sending an e-mail to: wmwe-reviews@ecopsych.gen.com
HOW NATURE
WORKS: Regenerating kinship with Planet Earth the nature of our
relationship with our living planet.
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LIVELIHOOD
OPPORTUNITY:
Responsible career and business involvements that center around promoting
and teaching applied ecopsychology.
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REFERENCE ARTICLES: (parts of these articles
are used in the trails, activities and materials above)
NSTP Survey Release:
A press release announcing the remarkable results of a questionaire sent
to PNC course participants.
Release: Globally Balanced Thinking
Score and study/activity
Overview: The Distinguished World Citizen
Award A summary of the how and why of Project NatureConnect.
Robert Muller letter too. Also available by e-mail to: orient@ecopsych.gen.com
Counseling
and Nature: The Greening of Psychotherapy . A key
reviewed, published study of the nature connecting ecopsychology process
and its benefits. Also available by e-mail to: counseling@ecopsych.gen.com.
Ecotherapy: The Ecology of Gaia, Sensation
and Soul. A praticum for the material in Counseling and
Nature. Also available by e-mail to: ecotherapy@ecopsych.gen.com
From
Insight To Action How can we come to our senses? Questions to ask
yourself and an activity that helps answer them.
Natural Systems Thinking Process:
Psychology of balance (a formal version of From Insight To Action,
above)
Your Greatest Challenge: a short
article that shows the critical point of our disconnection from nature
and how to correct it.
Essay Title Contest:Who Shut Down
Your 53 Natural Senses and Why? Do You Remember? For a copy via e-mail,
e-mail to:contest@ecopsych.gen.com
NEWS: Restoring natural area and selves sparks struggle
at school Applied ecopsychology in action with students at risk
Integrated Ecology: The Process of Counseling With Nature The
Journal of Humanistic Psychology history and development of using sensory
nature reconnecting activities. Available by sending a blank email to:
integrated@ecopsych.gen.com
An
Interview with Michael J. Cohen conducted by Dr. Daniel Levine;
email to: interview@ecopsych.gen.com
Healing Ourselves and the World Through Applied
Ecopsychology An investigative reporter looks at Project NatureConnect.
Also available by e-mail to: theory@ecopsych.com
Nature Connected Social Work: The Recovery
of Community, Spirit and Self-Esteem A
landmark documentary study of applying ecopsychology to people at-risk.
Also available in ERIC and by e-mail to: davies@ecopsych.gen.com
The
Principle of Natural Attractions: heightened natural sensory awareness
and balance. A series of questions that bring to consciousness a psychological
essence of Nature.
Reconnecting to Subconscious Origins
A psychiatric evaluation of reconnecting activities.
Thinking With Nature A no-holds-barred
article summing up the case for Applied Ecopsychology. While Earth and
its people are at risk, far too many of us are dancing on the deck of our
sinking ship.
The Greening of Education and Counseling
Rationale of applied ecopsychology
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EVALUATION:
Summary of Results:
a review of the findings from studies
of participants.
Research
Validation Survey The results of a long term effects questionaire
administered to past course participants.
Transformation in Action: Personal
growth quotes from course participant journals
Professional and Participant
evaluations: Reviews from the media and workshop participants
Participant's Comments and Reactions
Candid quotes from anonymous evaluations and reactionaires. Also available
by sending a blank email to: reactions@ecospych.gen.com
Professional Observations
Book and program reviews by experts.
Beneficial Effects Participants report
personal changes they have experienced.
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PERSONNEL:
Who Participates? Disciplines
and interests presently involved in reconnecting with nature
Michael J. Cohen's Personal
Page Has he really been in the woods too long? <grin>
About the Institute of Global Education
Purpose, scope and function
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MISCELLANEOUS:
How to Participate Applications,
contacts and participation
Related People, Places and Organizations
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LINKS
Links to
websites with similar goals (but may not incorporate NSTP)
Links
to people and sites that support or use the Inner Nature Self Discovery
Trail
Homepage
Project NatureConnect
Institute of Global Education
A United Nations Department of Public Education Associate
P.O. Box 1605, Friday Harbor, WA 98350
360-378-6313
nature@pacificrim.net
program@infofree.com
www.ecopsych.com
Page Design:
By Gert Braakman nature@worldaccess.nl
, Mike Cohen and Serena Lockwood, with much appreciated guidance from Ian Byington and Bruce Conway, who helps keep the computer
from eating the files and self-destructing.
Black and white illustrations are from Mimbres pottery designs. We would
appreciate any comments, suggestions for improvements or related pages
to link. Thanks. Send email
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