Mongolia Institute of Outdoor Learning

Rural retreats offer traumatized veterans and their families time and therapy to heal Heather Ehle founded Project Sanctuary after listening to veterans of the 1991 Gulf War discuss their anguish as she volunteered at a free health clinic. “I kept thinking, ‘Why are they not getting care? Why are we not taking care of our vets?’ ”

Interviewed by JingKids. Here is the article.

Why Students Are Tossing the Textbooks and Learning By Doing There’s a defining scene from the 1989 film Dead Poets Society where Robin Williams’ character orders his students to rip up their textbooks. Once they get past the initial shock, they venture outdoors where they begin to relate to each other, discover their true selves, and seize the day toge...

So true.

David Attenborough says health and safety stop kids discovering nature Sir David Attenborough, 92 (pictured) believes health and safety rules in the UK are stopping children from interacting with the natural world, saying it's 'illegal to pick up a bird's feather'.

H**p has many more good uses.

H**p Looks Like This. Anything petroleum can do, h**p can do better.

Great news, but what next for the rescue, then the questions.

Missing Thai boys found alive in caves Rescuers must now extract the 12 boys and their teacher, discovered after nine nerve-wracking days.

Grades boosted by school climbing walls Having a climbing wall in a school not only boosts children's climbing grade, there are amazing benefits to health, academic performance, and social skills as well. But not only that, it opens the door to an array of career pathways.

Spring is coming, look out for some of these trees budding.

The trees are budding here on Vancouver Island. This helps us identify a few of the local trees.