Description:
This book is a transformative guide for healing and well-being using exercises and techniques that will immerse you in the natural world using Sharing Nature exercises by Joseph Cornell.
Brief description: Joseph Cornell is an internationally renowned author and founder of Sharing Nature Worldwide, one of the planet's most widely respected nature awareness programs. His first book, Sharing Nature with Children, "sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education" and has been published in twenty languages and sold half a million copies. He is the honorary president of Sharing Nature Association of Japan, which has 10,000 members and 35,000 trained leaders. He the author of the Sharing Nature Book Series, used by millions of parents, educators, naturalists, and youth and religious leaders all over the world. Mr. Cornell's books, Listening to Nature and The Sky and Earth Touched Me, have inspired thousands of adults to deepen their relationship with nature. Two recent books of his: The Sky and Earth Touched Me and Sharing Nature were awarded Indie Book Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service selected Mr. Cornell's Sharing Nature with Children as one of the fifteen most influential books published since 1890 for connecting children and families to nature. His highly effective outdoor learning strategy, Flow Learning(TM), was featured by the U.S. National Park Service as one of five recommended learning theories, along with the works of Maria Montessori, Howard Gardner, John Dewey, and Jean Piaget. Mr. Cornell has received many international awards for his Sharing Nature books and work. He received the prestigious Countess Sonja-Bernadotte Prize in Germany for his vast influence on environmental education in Central Europe. In 2011 Cornell was selected as one of the world's "100 most influential opinion leaders committed to the Environment" by the French organization, Les Anges Gardiens de la Planète. Known for his warmth and joyful enthusiasm, Cornell "has a genius for finding the essence of a subject, explaining it in clear and compel-ling ways, and then giving the reader creative exercises to gain an actual experience."
Review Quotes:
"This is an excellent guidebook for those who wish to live in harmony with nature. The wonderful exercises in this book calm us, and help us feel oneness with the world around us." -Masahito Yoshida, Professor, University of Tsukuba; Executive Director, Nature Conservation Society of Japan; Chairman, International Union for Conservation of Nature in Japan
"Cornell's outdoor activities are a delight, showing both children and adults how to see and experience nature in ways they might not have thought possible. Read the book and be inspired; do the activities and be transformed!" -Kathryn Gann, Director, Theosophical Society of America
"Whether I have a few minutes or a few hours to spend in nature, these exercises enrich that time profoundly. I feel connected with and renewed by the beauty and power of the natural world." -Susan Sanford, naturalist and facilitator
"Practical, feasible activities, clearly explained, include vivid stories of wildlife and natural areas. Factual natural science lessons integrate fluidly with useful suggestions for nurturing emotional and aesthetic nature reverence, holistically encompassing the myriad ways humans connect with nature." -Janet Carrier Ady, Senior Program and Policy Advisor, Division of Education Outreach, National Conservation Training Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
"In this time of increasing environmental and social unsustainability, this is an excellent resource to help people reconnect and relate deeply to nature, and through these experiences to love and care for creation. Through Cornell's wellness exercises that deepen peoples' psycho-spiritual relationships with nature will come new understandings and purposes for living that include healing, hope, and restoration in this time of increasing unsustainability of human civilization as we know it." -James E. Crowfoot, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Natural Resources and Urban and Regional Planning, Dean Emeritus, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, MI
"As a teacher, naturalist, and storyteller, I have used Cornell's Sharing Nature books as the core of much of my work. Now, with The Sky and Earth Touched Me, Joseph shows how to connect with nature on an even deeper level." -Frank Helling, U.S. National Park naturalist, storyteller, and educator
"Cornell does not merely inspire us to commune with nature, but engages us in experiential exercises that connect us with the natural world, not merely symbolically, but tangibly. Like John Muir, he teaches us how to have a personal relationship with flowers, trees, and wildlife. The sample exercises he offers are at once scientifically sound and spiritually enlivening. In an age where modern technology, industrial entertainment, and political stridency increasingly distract us, Cornell shows us how to pay attention to what it's really all about, and how to share that joy with others." -Harold Wood, Coordinator, Sierra Club John Muir Education Team & Webmaster, Sierra Club John Muir Exhibit-www.johnmuir.info