Walking the Story: The Power of Stories and the Hero’s Journey in Outdoor Education
Outdoor education is never just about activities, skills, or places. At its core, it is about meaning. And meaning is how humans have always made sense of the world — through stories. Long before training manuals and learning outcomes, people gathered around fires to tell stories of journeys, challenges, loss, courage, and return. In many […]
Urban vs Rural – Two Worlds, One Outdoor Education?
Outdoor education has long been rooted in images of forests, mountains, lakes, and remote landscapes. For decades, the “ideal” learning environment has been rural — far away from traffic, screens, and concrete. But what happens when most young people today grow up surrounded not by trees, but by blocks of flats, bus stops, and shopping […]
Cities as Classrooms: What We Learned During Concrete Jungle EDV 1
EDV 1 marked the second mobility activity of the Concrete Jungle project and the first Exploration and Development Visit of the partnership. It was designed as a hands-on, immersive experience where we could explore how outdoor and civic education methods function within urban environments — and how they can be adapted, reshaped, and newly created […]
Learning Through Stories: Inside Concrete Jungle’s EDV 2 in Lublin
EDV 2 in Lublin marked the next step in the Concrete Jungle project’s exploration and development phase, deepening our focus on how cities educate through stories, spaces, and participation. Building on the foundations laid during EDV 1, this visit invited us to look more closely at how history, mythology, and civic structures influence the way […]