Daycare Center Responds to MNC...

Recently, Williston Enrichment Center – the daycare attended by MNC director Camilla Rockwell‘s nine month old grandson — held a screening of the film’s preschool section for their staff. The next day WEC director Kara von Behren emailed us share their response: “The preschool teachers were so motivated that they took their class out on a nature walk and spent about an hour and a half climbing over trees, falling into the mud, and sliding down huge dirt mountains out back. The kids absolutely loved it (even the ones who fell in the mud who...

BIRTHRIGHT: New Book by Stephen Kellert...

One of the most fascinating interviews we shot for Mother Nature’s Child was with Yale professor Stephen Kellert. His new book Birthright: People and Nature in the Modern World will soon be released by Yale University Press. Read about it here. Kellert asserts that “our capacities to think, feel, communicate, create, and find meaning in life all depend upon our relationship to nature.”  Don’t assume you’ve already read all you there is to know about the human relationship to the natural world. We are just beginning to understand the science...

MNC: Article in “Vermont WomanR...

Award-winning publication Vermont Woman just published an article about Mother Nature’s...

Nature Connection and Regenerative Leade...

We are very excited about this new educational opportunity!  Check it out and share with friends and associates. This summer, UVM, 8 Shields Institute, and Shelburne Farms are partnering to offer a new program/course called Nature Connection and Regenerative Leadership. This program will take participants on an experiential journey; exploring practices, principles, and core routines that foster deep and long-lasting relationships and connections to nature and place.  We will also explore leadership practices for creating change in our own communities, organizations,...

Clip from Post Film Discussion...

A year ago, the Burlington, VT premiere of Mother Nature’s Child was attended by an audience of more than 200, most of whom stayed for the post-film discussion with a panel moderated by Walter Poleman, lecturer and Associate Director of the Field Naturalist Graduate Program at the University of Vermont. Here one viewer asks about how the Baltimore schools in the film were able to create programs to get their students outside. Director Camilla Rockwell responds briefly and refers the question to Walter to talk about what is happening in Burlington. An additional...