Forest Educator with Ricardo Sierra | A Podcast for Revolutionary Conversations about Nature-Based Education

By Ricardo Sierra

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Welcome to the Forest Educator Podcast hosted by Ricardo Sierra. Join Ricardo as he engages in enlightening conversations with educators from across the globe who are revolutionizing nature-based education. Drawing on his 35 years of experience in wilderness education, Ricardo shares practical insights, tools, and best practices to inspire and support forest educators and camp staff worldwide. Tune in twice a week for interviews with passionate educators and skill spotlights that delve into the challenges and triumphs of the field.

Episode Date
Forest Educator Spotlight REPLAY: The Forest Educator's Secret Sauce
Mar 06, 2025
Forest Educator Spotlight REPLAY: Working with Middle Schoolers
Feb 27, 2025
Forest Educator Spotlight REPLAY: The Bonding Paradox
Feb 20, 2025
Forest Educator Spotlight REPLAY: Finding Your Lane as a Forest Educator
Jan 16, 2025
Episode 158 (REPLAY) - Forest Educator Spotlight: Doing Hard Things with Ricardo Sierra
Jan 09, 2025
Episode 157 (REPLAY) - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Problem with Intangible Results
Jan 02, 2025
Episode 156 - The Power of Science and Nature with Danny Rosenstein
Dec 26, 2024
Episode 155 (REPLAY) - The Forest Educator Spotlight: Cold Training
Dec 19, 2024
Episode 154 - The Gift of Magical Encounters with Animals with John Stokes
Dec 12, 2024
Episode 153 - Awakening Imagination and Exploration at Trackers Earth: An Interview with Molly & Tony Deis
Dec 05, 2024
Episode 152 - Adaptation, Strategic Changes and the Forest Education Endgame
Nov 25, 2024
Episode 151 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Holding Space for Healing in Nature
Nov 20, 2024
Episode 150 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Forest Educator Initiative
Nov 14, 2024
Episode 149 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Strategies and Guidelines for Working with Adults in Nature
Nov 11, 2024
Episode 148 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Navigating the Hard Days
Nov 08, 2024
Episode 147 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Can Nature Education be Scaled to Reach 60 Million Children?
Nov 04, 2024
Episode 146 - Forest Educator Spotlight: So You're Thinking of Becoming a Forest Educator...
Oct 31, 2024
Deep Earth Initiations and Nature-Based Parenthood with Trista Haggerty
Oct 28, 2024
Episode 145 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Essential Art of "Winging It"
Oct 24, 2024
Episode 144 - Forest Entrepreneur Spotlight: "Should I use 'Fear' in my Nature Program Messaging?"
Oct 21, 2024
Episode 143 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Why Modern Educators Struggle with Nature & Skills Content
Oct 17, 2024
Episode 142 - Damage Report: The Impact of Hurricane Helene with Grant Adkisson
Oct 14, 2024
Episode 141 - Adventures in PaleoEthnobotany and Evolution with Max Gordon
Oct 10, 2024
Episode 140 - Lessons from Bears and Jaguars with John Stokes (Part Two)
Oct 07, 2024
Episode 139 - Lessons from Bears and Jaguars with John Stokes (Part One)
Oct 03, 2024
Episode 138 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Initiatory Power of Hurricane Helene
Sep 30, 2024
Episode 137 - Forest Education Without a Forest with David Fisher
Sep 26, 2024
Episode 136 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Ancestral Lessons in Nature Program Design
Sep 23, 2024
Episode 135 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Invitation to Dream Bigger
Sep 19, 2024
Episode 134 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Surprising Benefits of Hard Work
Sep 16, 2024
Episode 133 - Tracking with Aboriginal Elders, Healing the World with John Stokes
Sep 12, 2024
Episode 132 - Is the Recent Guardian Opinion-Article a 'Hit Piece' on Forest Schools? Understanding the Nature Media Narratives with Asa Hardy-Brownlie
Sep 09, 2024
Episode 131 - Holistic Marketing Strategies with Elizabeth Clyde
Sep 05, 2024
Episode 130 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Experiences of the Sacred and the Profane in Nature Education
Sep 02, 2024
Episode 129 - Enhanced Mental Health and Healing through Ecopsychology with Linda Buzzell, MA, LMFT
Aug 29, 2024
Episode 128 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Why Nature Education is Expensive (And What We Can Do About It).
Aug 26, 2024
Episode 127 - Coming Home to the Earth in South Africa with Reuben Piet
Aug 22, 2024
Episode 126 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Life, Passion and Legacy of Tom Brown, Jr.
Aug 19, 2024
Episode 125 - The Power of Wild Medicinal Plants with Liz Neves
Aug 15, 2024
Episode 124 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Leaning In To Your Bioregion
Aug 15, 2024
Episode 123 - The Discovery Process at the Walden Project with Andy Webster
Aug 08, 2024
Episode 122 - Forest Educator Spotlight: When Things Go Sideways
Aug 05, 2024
Episode 121 - Adventures in Ethnobotany with Zak Baker
Aug 01, 2024
Episode 120 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Power of Slowing Down
Jul 29, 2024
Episode 119 - The Value of Soft Skills and Deep Land Connection in the Canadian Shield with Chris Gilmour
Jul 25, 2024
Episode 118 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Survival Trek, 1986
Jul 22, 2024
Episode 117 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Value of Goals, Metrics and Evaluating Your Outcomes
Jul 18, 2024
Episode 116 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Navigating the Inner Barriers of Visionary Work
Jul 15, 2024
Episode 115 - The Visionary Work of with Monica Eastway, Eco-Geriontologist
Jul 11, 2024
Episode 114 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Harnessing the Nature of Time
Jul 08, 2024
Episode 113 - Change, Adaptation and Evolution- How Alderleaf Wilderness College is Responding to the Pandemic and Cultural Shifts with Jason Knight
Jul 04, 2024
Episode 112 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Preparing our Children for Climate Change
Jul 02, 2024
Episode 111 - The Origins of Nick Hulley, Social Forester
Jun 27, 2024
Episode 110 - Forest Education Spotlight: What's in a Name? The Challenge of Choosing Program Names
Jun 24, 2024
Episode 109 - Community Supported Nature Programs with Jen Smith, MS
Jun 21, 2024
Episode 108 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Portals Into the Unknown
Jun 17, 2024
Episode 107 - Understanding the Challenges of the Developing Child's Brain, Part Two - with Wendolyn Bird
Jun 13, 2024
Episode 106 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Are Nature Educators 'Healers'?
Jun 10, 2024
Episode 105 - Understanding the Challenges of the Developing Child's Brain, Part One - with Wendolyn Bird
Jun 06, 2024
Episode 104 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Alchemy of Food
Jun 03, 2024
Episode 103 - Expanding Your Visibility and Clear Messaging for Forest Educators with April Zajko, M.Ed.
May 30, 2024
Episode 102 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Weight of Ecological Loss and Grief
May 27, 2024
Episode 101 - Botany in a Day and Nature for a Lifetime- with Tom Elpel
May 23, 2024
Episode 100 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Lessons and Insights from the First 100 Episodes
May 20, 2024
Episode 99 - The First Forest School in Ecuador, South America with Carol Sanchez
May 16, 2024
Episode 98 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Desert Solitaire
May 13, 2024
Episode 97 - Climate Change, Media Literacy and Critical Thinking with Jeff Share
May 09, 2024
Episode 96 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Working with Students with Special Needs
May 06, 2024
Episode 95 - The Secrets of Organic Chemistry in Forest Education with Peter Kindfield
May 02, 2024
Episode 94 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Getting Our Students 'On the Bus' with Ricardo Sierra
Apr 29, 2024
Episode 93 - Finding Support for Forest School Leaders with Asa Hardy-Brownlie
Apr 25, 2024
Episode 92 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Shining Daylight into the Grey Areas and Unwritten Contracts
Apr 22, 2024
Episode 91 - The Last Person Around the Campfire - with Sky Otter
Apr 18, 2024
Episode 90 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Staff Training for Nature Programs
Apr 15, 2024
Episode 89 - Teacher, Mentor, Author, Advocate: The Natural Evolution of Amy Butler
Apr 11, 2024
Episode 88 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Rites of Passage Part Three with Ricardo Sierra
Apr 08, 2024
Episode 87 - Student Driven Assessment in Inner City Nature Education with Chantel Zimmerman
Apr 04, 2024
Episode 86 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Rites of Passage Part Two
Apr 01, 2024
Episode 85 - Emotional Learning and Behavior Support begins with Educator Consistency- with Meagan Duncan
Mar 28, 2024
Episode 84 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Power of Initiation and Rites of Passage Part One
Mar 25, 2024
Episode 83 - Forest Education & Innovation in a Man-Made World with Jael Nouhet
Mar 21, 2024
Episode 82 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Finding Your Lane as a Forest Educator
Mar 18, 2024
Episode 81 - Forest Learning in the Los Angeles Basin- with Madlen Sarkisyan
Mar 14, 2024
Episode 80 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Moving the Needle-Equity, Education & Changing the System
Mar 11, 2024
Episode 79 - The Unbeatable Combination of Occupational Therapy and Forest Education with Marika Austin and Angela Rosenberg
Mar 07, 2024
Episode 78 - Forest Educator Spotlight - The Beneficial Partnership of Nature and Language Arts with Jonny Walker
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 77 - Living Your Values, Building Community with Dariya Quenniville and Jefferie Conz
Feb 29, 2024
Episode 76 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Necessity of Adversity
Feb 26, 2024
Episode 75 - Multicultural Adventures in the Canadian Rainforest with Maria Jose Obando
Feb 22, 2024
Episode 74 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Doing Hard Things with Ricardo Sierra
Feb 19, 2024
Episode 73 - Collisions of Earth & Sky: Seeking Truth through Poetry & Nature with Heidi Barr
Feb 15, 2024
Episode 72 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Navigating the For-Profit/Non-Profit Decision
Feb 12, 2024
Episode 71 - Dynamic, Community Based Bush Kindy in Australia: A MobileForest Schooling Model with Areta Farrance
Feb 08, 2024
Episode 70 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Nature Job Strategies for Employers & Educators
Feb 05, 2024
Episode 69 - Creating a Forest School as a Village woven with Healing and Support with Danielle Zola LMSW, M.S.Ed
Feb 01, 2024
Episode 68 - Forest Educator Spotlight - Lessons From The North Wind
Jan 29, 2024
Episode 67 - Public Schools & Nature Program Leverage Points- with April Zajko, M.Ed
Jan 25, 2024
Episode 66 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Ethical Dilemmas in Forest Education
Jan 22, 2024
Episode 65 - Choosing Wholistic Nature over Corporate Culture - with Rimi Chakraborty
Jan 18, 2024
Episode 64 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Swamp Stories
Jan 15, 2024
Episode 63 - The Power of Making Baskets by Hand in an Automated World- with Sandra Kehoe
Jan 11, 2024
Episode 62 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Five Nature Program Marketing Mistakes (and how to fix them!)
Jan 08, 2024
Episode 61 - Leadership, Brotherhood & Inclusion in the Outdoors: Mentoring BIPOC Young Men with Manny Almonte
Jan 04, 2024
Episode 60 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Building Community around Forest Education
Jan 01, 2024
Episode 59 - The Challenges and Joys of Forest Schooling in Southeast Asia with Sharon Cortez
Dec 28, 2023
Episode 58 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Entering the Wild
Dec 25, 2023
Episode 57 - The Equitable Power of Forest Education in the Public Sector with David Alexander
Dec 21, 2023
Episode 56 - The Forest Educator Spotlight: Cold Training
Dec 18, 2023
Episode 55 - Going Off-Grid & Into the Canadian Wild with Kielyn Marrone of Lure of the North
Dec 14, 2023
Episode 54 - The Forest Educator Spotlight: Seven Things I Wish I'd Known Before Starting Hawk Circle
Dec 11, 2023
Episode 53 - Connecting to Nature Through Plants, Medicine & Herbal First Aid with Sam Coffman
Dec 07, 2023
Episode 52 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Problem with Intangible Results
Dec 04, 2023
Episode 51 - The Long and Winding Road from China to Ireland with Katie Fu
Nov 30, 2023
Episode 50 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Exploring the Role of Spirituality in Forest Education
Nov 27, 2023
Episode 49 - Himalayan Treks, Transformation and Ethical Business Philosophy with Lakshmi Selvakumaran of IndiaHikes.
Nov 24, 2023
Episode 48 - The Forest Educator Spotlight: How To Understand The Value of Our Programs
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 47 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Forest Education with Todd Davis
Nov 16, 2023
Episode 46 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Big Questions Facing Forest Education
Nov 13, 2023
Episode 45 - The Amazonian Rainforest Adventures of Joe Flowers: Creating life changing experiences in the Jungles of South America
Nov 09, 2023
Episode 44 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Coming of Age in the Wilderness
Nov 06, 2023
Episode 43 - Answering the Call: The Purposefully Diverse Forest Journey of a Nature Educator with Emily Woodmansee
Nov 02, 2023
Episode 42 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Natural Shelters
Oct 30, 2023
Episode 41 - Finding Nature in Uncertain Times, with field biologist, author and photo-journalist Maddalena Bearzi
Oct 26, 2023
Episode 40 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Becoming Nocturnal
Oct 23, 2023
Episode 39 - Deep Earth Initiations and Nature-Based Parenthood with Trista Haggerty
Oct 19, 2023
Episode 38 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Working with Middle Schoolers
Oct 16, 2023
Episode 37 - Outdoor Programming Advocacy and Influence with Jeff Baierlein
Oct 12, 2023
Episode 36 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Bonding Paradox
Oct 09, 2023
Episode 35 - Growing Caring, Resilient, Soulful Future Stewards with Sally Wren Stevens of SOL Forest School
Oct 05, 2023
Episode 34 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Forest Entrepreneur Part II
Oct 02, 2023
Episode 33 - Nature-Based Occupational Therapy and the Importance of Outdoor Play with Angela Hanscom
Sep 28, 2023
Episode 32 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Many Gifts of Rain
Sep 25, 2023
Episode 31 - The Legacy and Lessons of Ancestral Wilderness Skills with Nate Summers
Sep 21, 2023
Episode 30 - The Forest Educator Spotlight: The Contradictory Nuances of Nature Awareness
Sep 18, 2023
Episode 29 - Wellness, Reflection, and Masculinity in Wilderness with Sam Gravestock
Sep 14, 2023
Episode 28 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Forest Entrepreneur
Sep 11, 2023
Episode 27 - The Wisdom in Listening with Dan Gardoqui of Lead with Nature
Sep 07, 2023
Episode 26 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Wilderness Survival Skills
Sep 04, 2023
Episode 25 - Changing Education from the Inside with International Wildlife Tracker and Environmental Educator Sandy Reed
Aug 31, 2023
Episode 24 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Forest Educator's Secret Sauce
Aug 28, 2023
Episode 23 - Rewilding: Why We Need to be Wild with Jessica Carew Kraft
Aug 24, 2023
Episode 22 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Gift of Campfires
Aug 21, 2023
Episode 21 - Nature-Infused Coaching for Parents & Teachers with Wendolyn Bird
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 20 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Barriers to Nature Education
Aug 14, 2023
Episode 19 - Public Education is Broken with Peter Kindfield
Aug 10, 2023
Episode 18 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Art of Tracking
Aug 07, 2023
Episode 17 - Tracking and International Instruction with Kyt Lyn Walken
Aug 03, 2023
Episode 16 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Maverick & The Collaborator Mindset
Jul 31, 2023
Episode 15 - Raising Children in the Open Air with Linda McGurk
Jul 27, 2023
Episode 14 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Navigating Boundaries - Behaviors and Discipline
Jul 24, 2023
Episode 13 - Connection, Creativity, and Teaching Teachers with Jonny Walker of Otherwise Education
Jul 20, 2023
Episode 12 - Forest Educator Spotlight: After School Programs
Jul 17, 2023
Episode 11 - Connecting Urban Children with the Natural World with Aurélia Cheuvreul-Gaud
Jul 13, 2023
Episode 10 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Challenges of Ethical Gathering
Jul 10, 2023
Episode 09 - Forest School as Alternative Education with Erica Hermsen from Everwild Forest School
Jul 06, 2023
Episode 08 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Mastering the Skills Behind the Skills
Jul 03, 2023
Episode 07 - Wilderness Education in a Modern World with Guest Erik Rasmussen (Part 2)
Jun 29, 2023
Episode 06 - Forest Educator Spotlight: My Best Tips for Staff Hiring & Training
Jun 26, 2023
Episode 05 - Wilderness Education in a Modern World with Guest Erik Rasmussen (Part 1)
Jun 22, 2023
Episode 04 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Ten Things I Always Carry on a Forest Adventure
Jun 19, 2023
Episode 03 - The Global Mental Health Crisis for Kids and Adults and Why Forest Education Programs are Important with Guest Jude Vinton
Jun 15, 2023
Episode 02 - How Forest Education Can Create Human and Environmental Impact (Ricardo's Story)
Jun 15, 2023
Episode 01 - What is a Forest Educator?
Jun 15, 2023
Coming Soon: The Forest Educator with Ricardo Sierra
Jun 07, 2023