BACKGROUND: Although enhancing physical activity (PA) is important to improve physical and/or cognitive recovery, little is known about PA of patients admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation setting. Therefore, this study assessed the quantity, nature and context of inpatients PA admitted to a rehabilitation …

Tijdens deze 3-daagse workshop kwamen 14 deelnemers bijeen om, daartoe gefaciliteerd door Jan van Boeckel, verkenningen te doen naar wat het Noorse concept van Friluftsliv (leven in de buitenlucht) kan betekenen voor de Hanzehogeschool, en ook wat de relevantie is in het kader van de transitie naar …

An introductory course for kindergarten, primary schoolteachers, art teachers, nature pedagogues, environmental educators, special needs teachers, academicians, 3rd and 4th year students in these fields as well as people working with young children. The course is intended to support educators to engage …

International Conference “Groundwater, key to the Sustainable Development Goals”. Paris, May 18-20th, 2022ClimateCafé is a multi-, trans-, interdisciplinary and international event of several days in which young professionals, stakeholders and scientist come together to collect data and design (potential) …

Presentatie op de kunstacademie Minerva voor een internationale groep studenten. Verschillende opleidingen op de kunstacademie focussen zich dit jaar op het thema klimaat. Ik werd daarom gevraagd input en inspiratie te geven door een introductie op het onderwerp klimaatadaptatie en de rol die kunst en …

This Special Issue “Ecocentric education” contains articles focused on ecological values in environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). Ecocentric education is based on a critical theory, originating from Erich Fromm [1], Herbert Marcuse [2], and Paulo Freire [3], and …

Our planet’s ecology and society are on a collision course, which manifests due to a contradiction in the assumptions of unlimited material growth fueling the linear economic paradigm. Our closed planetary ecosystem imposes confined amounts of space and a finite extent of resources upon its inhabitants. …

This chapter offers an account of a workshop in arts-based learning called “Metamorphoses of Organic Forms”. This detailed description of a particular practice may inform a discussion of ways in which artful approaches, in general, may come to matter in STEAM education, with implications for both educational …

Ecocentrism has roots in environmental philosophy, which questions the conceptual dichotomy between humans and the environment, acknowledging nonhuman species' right to flourish independently of human interest (Naess 1973). Generally, ecocentrism refers to a planet- and nature-centered as opposed to …

This chapter examines some of the challenges of unlearning anthropocentrism - i.e. the deep-seated cultural, psychological and enacted prejudices of human specialness - in nature-based early childhood education programs. We begin with a critical exploration of recent trends in environmental philosophy …