This paper explores how an Australian case study utilises place-based outdoor learning and environmental sustainability within the school curriculum. The empirical research is centred on a place-based outdoor learning program with a class of Year One students attending a Primary School on the S…

This paper explores how an Australian case study utilises place-based outdoor learning and environmental sustainability within the school curriculum. The empirical research is centred on a place-based outdoor learning program with a class of Year One students attending a Primary School on the S…

In summary, the Shaping Spaces for Gen-Z Urban Thinkers Campus, Canberra, Australia on 8th March 2017 strongly endored three priority actions: 1.    Safe access, well-designed routes around schools  2.    Play infrastructure for all ages/co -design best practic…

An evidence based research report on the role of learning outside the classroom for children’s whole development from birth to eighteen years has been published by FACE.…

Urban living in built environments, combined with the use of processed water and food, may not provide the microbial stimulation necessary for a balanced development of immune function.…

The research shows that there has been a dramatic shift in childhood activity from outdoor play to indoor activity in the space of one generation.  As well as playing outdoors less often, the research shows that the nature of children's outdoor activity in Australia is also changing.…

A diverse, cross-sectorial group of partners, stakeholders and researchers, collaborated to develop an evidence-informed Position Statement on active outdoor play for children aged 3–12 years. The Position Statement was created in response to practitioner, academic, legal, insurance and public…

Risky outdoor play has been associated with promoting children’s health and development, but also with injury and death. Risky outdoor play has diminished over time, concurrent with increasing concerns regarding child safety and emphasis on injury prevention. We sought to conduct a systematic…

“Don’t track mud in the house!” “Wash your hands before dinner!” “You can’t play with that, you don’t know where it’s been!” Parents wear those phrases out like old blue jeans put through the spin cycle too many times. Many have come to…

The benefits of contact with nature for mental health and well-being Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over civilised people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of…