TURNING SCHOOL INSIDE OUT
Nature-Based Education in a New Hampshire School
Set in a rural southwestern New Hampshire town, the film follows teachers, administrators, parents, and community members as they transform the curriculum for students in nearly every grade (K-8) by moving part of the instruction outside. The film captures faculty and community visioning sessions, teacher’s reflections on the value of using the natural world, parents’ support of outdoor learning, and students’ experiences on the land.
This film was made possible with the support of the George B. Storer Foundation and Antioch University New England. It was directed, written, and filmed by Chris Hardee and is a production of High Cairn Films.
Antioch’s Nature-Based Early Childhood program trains teachers, administrators, and founders of nature preschools and forest kindergartens.
Wood hood
A documentary short film addressing Nature-Deficit Disorder
Winner of Best Short Film at the 2022 Banff Mountain Film Festival, Wood Hood features DeVaughn, a 15-year-old kid from New York City who loves skateboarding and craves a “quiet place” to escape the chaos of his home, the city, and the kids that steal from him. The film follows DeVaughn on a weekend-long group camping trip with Camping to Connect, a BIPOC-led outdoor mentorship program for young men of color. One leader states: “These kinds of conversations are rare for men that look like us.” As the film weaves between the city and the woods, a place that is unfamiliar and historically inaccessible to these kids, we witness the joy and growth that is possible when kids have an opportunity to find that “quiet place.”
Learn more about Camping to Connect:
Website: https://www.campingtoconnect.com/
Donate: https://www.campingtoconnect.com/donate
About Camping to Connect: Camping to Connect uses outdoor recreation and nature immersion to address the diverse issues faced by young men of color in America’s cities. Led by and for people of color, Camping to Connect is elevating the narrative that the outdoors belong to everybody. Directed by Alex Cullen, Resonant Pictures: https://www.resonantpictures.com/
the best day ever
Forest Days in Vermont Kindergartens
The film, made possible with the support of the George B. Storer Foundation and Antioch University New England.
Antioch’s Nature-Based Early Childhood program trains teachers, administrators, and founders of nature preschools and forest kindergartens.
school’s out
Lessons from a Forest Kindergarten
The Beginning of Life 2 Outside
Found in the forest
Exploring the Environmental School
Nature Play
Take Childhood Back
Played
Play Education