If we want our children to move mountains, we first have to let them get out of their chairs.

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"Children deserve to grow and learn in a place & alongside a force that is as wild and alive as they are."

- Nicolette Sowder

Belief

"To raise a nature-bonded child is to raise a rebel, a dreamer, an innovator… someone who will walk their own verdant, winding path."

- Nicolette Sowder

Personal Growth

"Show the children every winged thing. The bees, dragonflies, queen ants, bluebirds, luna moths & swallowtails. Creatures that inspire them to defy gravity."

- Nicolette Sowder

Inspiration

"Encouraging a child to go outside in all weather builds resilience, but more importantly it saves them from spending their life merely tolerating the ‘bad’ days in favour of a handful of ‘good’ ones – a life of endless expectations and conditions where happiness hinges on sunshine."

- Nicolette Sowder

Resilience

"Children deserve to grow and learn in a place and alongside a force that is as wild and alive as they are."

- Nicolette Sowder

Growth

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

Education

"You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away."

- John Graham

Education

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

Education

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Education

"I must study lots of things or I won’t become a great person."

- Kotomi Ichinose

Education