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San Francisco Examiner | Outdoors Summer Camps with a Nature or Environmental Education Perspective

Here is the lowdown on the "local and seasonal" version of outdoors camps: camps with a solid dose of environmental education and Bay Area nature. These camps all have one thing in common. Since they are based on exploration of our immediate environment, they will take your child outside a lot. The idea is precisely to discover nature's little secrets in a fun way.


"We seek to inspire and cultivate a meaningful connection to the natural world in the lives of our campers through outdoors explorations, hands-on learning opportunities, creativity and play," says Christina Loehnig of the Headlands Institute. Bring on the next green generation!  Read the full article at www.examiner.com.

Merced Sun Star | Public Review for New Yosemite Study

The public is invited to review the environmental study that favors building a new Yosemite Environmental Education Center at Henness Ridge near Yosemite West.

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Central Valley Business Times | Yosemite Unveils Plan for New Education Center

The Yosemite Institute’s environmental education campus at Crane Flat would be torn down and the site returned to nature under a plan that would see the educational center moved to a new facility at Henness Ridge in Yosemite National Park.

Read the full story at centralvalleybusinesstimes.com »

KCTS9 | National Parks Panel Discussion: Engaging Youth to the Parks

Chip Jenkins and Karen Baldore of the National Park Service talks about the importance and challenges of engaging youth to the Parks.The National Parks panel discussion was held at the REI flagship store in Seattle on Oct. 1, 2009

Watch just after two minutes for a great mention of Olympic Park Institute!

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