I believe the spring and summer of 2020 has the potential to have some big impacts on the world of Outdoor Learning; more than the many lost learning opportunities and challenging economic and social impacts. The really significant interruptions to routine and established practice experienced by most of us, have forced a time of reflection and raised questions about the role and value of purposeful and planned time in the outdoors.

Since beginning a 10-week circular economy course with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), I’ve started to think more about how Outdoor Learning fits within a wider push for positive economic change.

Yup, you read that correctly… I’m thinking about Outdoor Learning as one of the cornerstones for enabling widespread economic transition. 

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It’s been two years since I last commented on the future of Adventurous Activity Licensing in these pages (see Perspectives in issue 78).  Since then, the HSE has conducted a consultation and presented the sector and wider stakeholders with three options.