The book, Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education is published by Hawthorn Press, UK (available August 2024). Here is the story of how our school began the projects that became the wider EARTHWARDS Project, the descriptions of the projects themselves, and the ecological and curricular connections, as well as reflections for teachers, lesson plans, and resources. Here... Continue Reading →

The EARTHWARDS Project is a shift in approach to sustainability education that focuses on a culture of care.  It promotes resilience and resolve through deep connection to the natural world, deep understanding of natural systems and practice of leverage points for change. There is a great deal of fear in the stories we are learning... Continue Reading →

If you are interested in joining the EARTHWARDS Project, or just curious as to what we are up to, please leave a comment below. We are also building a community at https://earthwards.mn.co/ Being part of EARTHWARDS entails commitment to addressing the ecological crisis in your school, class or community in ways that develop identity, further... Continue Reading →

The EARTHWARDS Project (TREED) offers deep ecological practices, working from the premise that we are intrinsically connected to the entire ecosystem and biosphere, dependent on it, and in a reciprocal relationship with all life.  It is this awareness, or re-cognition, of who we are in relation to the rest of nature that instills appreciation and... Continue Reading →

The EARTHWARD Project offers forward the stories that have come out of each school's practice grounds and developing ecological paradigm. These then provide inspiration for others to develop their own unique stories in their own places with their own capabilities, passions, and possibility. In this way the stories grow and weave together a new story... Continue Reading →

The Earthward project is inspired in part on by Michelle Holliday's concept of ‘practice ground’- bringing diverse elements together in dynamic relationship toward a common purpose, exploring, attempting, and reflecting curiously and collaboratively while cultivating, or, in her words, ‘stewarding’, a new ecological perspective. The concept of practice grounds was developed and discussed in Michelle... Continue Reading →

Over the past few years more and more people are aware of the threats of climate change.  From fires, floods, heat domes, hurricanes, heat waves in the arctic and extreme weather all over the Earth, there are myriad signs that Earth is quickly approaching tipping points in the climate crisis that will be increasingly difficult... Continue Reading →

The Earthwards Project (TREED) offers a range of interactive activities, conversation and imagination starters, and guided experiences to help teachers and school communities talk about ecological crises in ways that promote emotional resilience, community and social interaction, appreciation for the natural world and understanding of a natural systems approach as well as renewed agency and... Continue Reading →

The EARTHWARDS project came out of a series of projects in a small school in Norway. These projects resulted in a book: EARTHWARDS: Transformative Ecological Education, which will be released by Hawthorn Press UK in Summer 2024. The book, this website and the project itself are an invitation to others to join together to create... Continue Reading →