Dr. John Falk of Oregon State University has researched and written extensively about what motivates people to visit museums. His research applies to nature centers as well. If you aren’t familiar with his work and are in the nature center business, it’s overdue for you to put one of his… read more →
When I work on projects involving nature-based preschools, I team up with Rachel Larimore. Rachel is the author of Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool, and (like me) would like to see a lot more of them. I was talking to her on the phone today, and she asked me this: “Have… read more →
I read an article in the Great Lakes Echo this past week about plant poaching, the lesser-known but equally-disturbing cousin to wildlife poaching. The article quoted Thomas Schneider, a former naturalist at a state-run nature center in Michigan, who said the center made a “costly mistake” when it built a… read more →
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