So they're putting all their trust in you
you have to be a good friend and not leave them
astray it's called the
meet the tree blindfolded walk the goal is to build trust
in friends and nature and to learn to appreciate
the natural world in a new way he
for example have you for taking the time to really touch
and study a tree most tree bark is pretty rough but
the oak tree's bark is smoother the most do you stop sometimes to listen then
look and see the flowers in the weeds
and then look closer still or be
still and listen again and then
lookup antsy what is calling you in this busy
run around world the instructors at the rally based nonprofit
Center for Human earth restoration teach adults
and children to be like to be take the time
to take time and get out into nature the students are proof you can learn a lot
about yourself
and the earth in the classroom nature this is upon
but it doesn't have a title spot something in nature
static in the light I bet you didn't know that looks so nice
or shine to write see nature speeding
NHS car I'm no matter what perspective in fact
or high nature is bright nature's call
in it is not the year for trees are green trees
like bucks no one is to the from his life chilling out in the wilderness with
the farm has math class
math class it was so be it actually went ill
math class now flask ass off I saw so many borrowers
agree with Obama as my my arms
mom s me the purpose for this
innovative outdoor education program is to have adults and children not only
see the land but understand the land and
enjoy it and our goal is to get youth and adults to
deal to participate in nature through
taking part in restoration ecology: projects and also
reflection and journaling activities that allow them to develop an
environmental ethic
so we like to think that we put the heart
I love the experience of being in nature back into environmental education
instructors find that many participants had been
outside on a playground or in a field but they've never really been in the
outdoors instructor strive for not only a learning experience
but transformative experience I think it's an inmate
thing that that all humans have but
we have to kinda remind ourselves that there's there's a great piece
nature and that there's there's a comfort we can all find their
with some of our kids the first day at Nature Camp can be a shock
with insects flying around in and now
you know cricket you really tickles on the skin that can really
scare some kids the one to get past that initial shock
there's there's an innate feeling of comfort and joy
that comes out him
the experiences are wide-ranging eating peach cobbler
cooked over an open fire the coupler didn't last long
mic to have a bird like this
you have to be a falconer listening
to a falconer explain his sport and seeing the majestic bird up close
sandy by the way is a 1-year-old hawk
its eyes are 10 times better than humans
learning Native American prayer that explains
respect for the land me and
finding out how NC State Forestry instructor thomas
easily learn to love the outdoors in his grandmother's garden
that are 2000 to cure I want to
one afraid to go out to all the make your
in them hear about
take your conservationists and educators
started the center in 2007 as a way to introduce a new style with environmental
education
it first connects people to the planet and then through that connection
teachers earth science ecology and environmental science
the classrooms are the lands in central North Carolina
protected by the triangle Land Conservancy
BS is temple Flat Rock preserve in eastern Wake County
there's a lot of sensitive environments here you can see around the
the flap rock there at in their slot unique species when you look around
there's a lot to me
Martha thing burn them and there's been some native cactus
that grow on the flat rock well at that they would find that these really unique
environments are inviting
and mad it's a great opportunity to see the new plant for
to you meet me species that they may not counting a 3-4
share has been doing environmental education programs with adults four
years but a couple years ago detailed to expand into schools and
and summer camps the idea being its easier to teach children about
okay Cherie forests in forty million-year-old rocks
when they're actually in the middle it the YMCA at Wake County
as well as we County Schools are some the center's partners
the students are from the car Family YMCA
in Wake Forest and that's the biggest thing they get a deeper appreciation
om love what nature is and how were your arm
an active part of that need taking care of it in learning more about it so that
we can take care
so the next generation can actually be appreciative about it as well
and we've seen that appreciation grow like from the beginning of the week
Monday where everybody was
I mean i'd say ninety percent of them a deathly afraid
have all the world's in all outdoors and now
this week everyone's comparable on they're actually enjoying it
I and they've learned a lot throughout the course of the week