Posts Tagged ‘moab utah’
Unplugging in Professor Valley
How do CFI students create a Sense of Place? On the first day of a fall Professor Valley Field Camp, the dawn’s light glows purple and blue on the eastern sky above Fisher Towers, and the cliffs above the Colorado River fire orange with the sun’s first rays. I feel chilled by the early autumn…
Read MoreRooting Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in Outdoor Education
‘On Canyonlands Field Institute expeditions, we use Group Contracts as a tool to promote learning and help students feel confident when they are out of their comfort zones. Group Contracts establish communication norms, give us a chance to express our feelings, and serve as a key developer of social and emotional health. Here is an outline on how to create a Family Group Contract within your home.’
Read MoreExperience the CFI Educational Journey through Film
“The River has a story to tell.” Take a journey down the San Juan River to see CFI’s educational methods firsthand. In October of 2021, Canyonlands Field Institute teamed up with Visit Utah and Local.Studio to create a film that tells the story of CFI Education on the Upper San Juan. This project is part…
Read MoreNational Parks are public, but are they for everyone?
Join Misha Euceph, and CFI’s Michele Johnson, for a introspective journey through Arches National Park In 2021, Misha Euceph set out on a road trip adventure across America to answer the question: “If the National Parks are public, aren’t they supposed to be for everyone?” Through her journey she is able to uncover often untold…
Read MoreArcheology, Wonder, Exploration in Cedar Mesa
Originally published in the Park Record. There was an extra space on a fabulous trip put together by the long established talented folks of Canyonlands Field Institute and I was offered the spot. As a gift. For three days and nights, basecamp was the Recapture Lodge in Bluff with meals and guides and sunshine and red rocks.…
Read MoreRiver Goddesses
The Mosquitos “First night on the women’s trip. We are all going to bed and it’s not yet 9pm. I want to know what has made these women feel wild.” – From my waterproof notebook. We are driven to bed that first night not by fatigue, but by massive, vicious, visible swarms of mosquitos. It is an…
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