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Nature-Based Education
Part of Salzburg Global's Education Pillar
Our Purpose
The Nature-Based Education program convenes innovators to align education with environmental goals, enhancing learning outcomes, well-being, and climate action, thus helping build a more resilient, just, and sustainable future for all.
Why It Matters
Global attention is focused on the interconnecting crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and social justice.
At the same time, our education systems are struggling to equip children with the skills they need to thrive.
To tackle these challenges simultaneously, experts in education, conservation, and environment are combining their efforts to offer nature-based education as a feasible solution and hopeful path to transformative change.
Nature-based education makes children healthier, happier, and smarter. It encourages them to be better stewards of nature. The time for action is now.
Our Publications
Work undertaken in our Nature-Based Education program relates to our Education Center's theme of "Regenerative Education".
It also relates to our previous program, Global Lessons on Greening School Grounds and Outdoor Learning.
The latter launched online in November 2021 and was followed a year later by an in-person session in Salzburg.
Since May 2024, Salzburg Global and Children & Nature Network have continued to lead monthly online meetings for a community of practice to share knowledge and case studies.
This program as a whole has led to two outputs:
- The Salzburg Statement on Greening School Grounds and Outdoor Learning
- The Greening School Grounds and Outdoor Learning Action Agenda
You can learn more about these outputs below, as well as the first publication to stem from the Nature-Based Education program.
This Statement calls on world leaders to commit to and deliver ambitious plans to integrate nature into their education systems.
It also serves as an invitation to educators, families, and school leaders to use their agency and imagination to explore the benefits of Nature-Based Education.
Fellows drafted a Salzburg Statement to influence thinking, policy, and approaches to school grounds and outdoor learning opportunities.
This Statement, published in September 2022, supports the global action agenda to ensure that all children and communities have access to green school grounds and outdoor learning.
A 24-point action agenda to support the work that will lead to a world where every child—especially the most vulnerable—connects meaningfully with nature every day.
Sessions
Sep 08 - Sep 13, 2025
Education
Nature-Based Education: Time for Action
Nature-Based Education
Salzburg
Feb 19 - Feb 19, 2025
Education
Greening School Grounds Community of Practice
Nature-Based Education
Online
Dec 18 - Dec 18, 2024
Education
Greening School Grounds: Community Meeting 7
Nature-Based Education
Online
Nov 20 - Nov 20, 2024
Education
Greening School Grounds: Community Meeting 6
Nature-Based Education
Online
Oct 16 - Oct 16, 2024
Education
Greening School Grounds: Community Meeting 5
Nature-Based Education
Online
Sep 18 - Sep 18, 2024
Education
Greening School Grounds: Community Meeting 4
Nature-Based Education
Online
Jul 17 - Jul 17, 2024
Education
Greening School Grounds: Community Meeting 3
Nature-Based Education
Online
Jun 19 - Jun 19, 2024
Education
Greening School Grounds: Community Meeting 2
Nature-Based Education
Online
May 15 - May 15, 2024
Education
Greening School Grounds: Community Meeting 1
Nature-Based Education
Online
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Greening School Grounds Community of Practice
Firas Abd-Alhadi
Regional Vice-Chair for West Asia, IUCN CEC, Jordan
Vanessa Aires
Creative Psychologist Leader, TORKE CC, Portugal
Bebel Barros
Researcher, Instituto Alana, Brazil
Mariana Benchimol
Education Consultant, Casa da Mangueira School, Brazil
Hasnaa Benlafkih
Founder, Monad Collective, Morocco
Shamsa Birik
Founder, The Outdoor Play, Kenya
Neeta Bisht
Senior School Coordinator, The Hyderabad Public School, India
Lois Brink
Professor, University of Colorado, United States
Won Jung Byun
Senior Project Officer, UNESCO, France
Maria Camacho
Play to Protect Director, Africam Safari, Mexico
Luis Camargo
Founder & Director, OpEPA, Colombia
Nina Castro
Program Officer for Campus Sustainability, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Bernard Combes
Programme Specialist, Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO, France
Emma Crawley
Director, Lead for ESD AB, Sweden
Katalin Czippan
Strategic and education advisor, Blue Planet Foundation, Hungary
Leonora Dowley
Head of Partnerships, Learning Planet Institute, France
Jenn Dunn
Green City Associate, AIPH, UK
Anna Ekblad
Anna Ekblad, Manager, Nature School, Sweden
Jauad El Kharraz
Executive Director, Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), France
Laís Fleury
Director, Alana Foundation, United States
Jan Fronek
Learning About Forests National Coordinator, TEREZA, Educational Centre, Czechia
Vivian Fu
Senior Communication Officer, East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership, Korea
Tommy Garnett
Executive Director, Environmental Foundation for Africa, Sierra Leone
Helen Hadani
Fellow, The Brookings Institution, United States
Adela Hronova Hamplova
Coordinator and Lecturer, TEREZA Educational Centre, Czech Republic
Kate Ireland
Director, Youth Engagement, The Nature Conservancy, United States
Brenda Kessler
Green Schoolyards Program Coordinator, Children And Nature Network, United States
Matias Knust
Director, CIFREP Foundation, Chile
Ka Yan Lai
PhD Researcher, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Joaquin Leguia
Founder & Executive Director, Asociación para la Niñez y su Ambiente (ANIA), Peru
Nella Lomotan
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Philippine Parks & Biodiversity, Philippines
Swetha Manivannan
Head, Business & Design, Anthill Creations, India
Hannah Miller
Senior Program Officer, Evergreen, Canada
Linda Nathan
Co-Founder & Co-director, Perrone-Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership, Hale Education, USA
Jeroen Onck
Senior Consultant, Utrecht Natuurlijk, Netherlands
Noha Osama
MSc. Holder, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Cath Prisk
CEO, Outdoor People, United Kingdom
Sofia Ramalho
Vice-President, Portuguese Psychologists Association, Portugal
Dominic Regester
Director, Education
Matthew David Robinson
Scotland Director, Learning through Landscapes, United Kingdom
Cedric Ryckaert
Teacher, VBS Sint-Paulus, BLES, Belgium
Shailendra Sharma
Principal Advisor to Director Education, Government of NCT Delhi, India, India
Daniel Shin
Partner, KingsBay Capital, Republic of Korea
Maria Sitzoglou
Urban Expert for the OASIS Schoolyards Project, Urban Innovative Actions Initiative - European Regional Development Fund, Greece
Katerina Soltany
Davidson Impact Fellow, Salzburg Global Seminar
Liz Soper
Senior Director K-12 Education, National Wildlife Federation, United States
Janet Souter
Education Manager, Global Sky Education, Australia
Sean Southey
Chair, IUCN CEC& CEO, CWF, Canada
Swetha Stotra Bhashyam
Global South Focal Point, Global Youth Biodiversity Network, India/USA
Vishal Talreja
Co-Founder & Trustee, Dream a Dream, India
Raphaëlle Thiollier
Oasis Project Manager, City of Paris, France
Audrey Timm
Technical Advisor, AIPH, United Kingdom
Patricia Vazquez
CEO, Mexicanos Primero, Mexico
Isabelle Weber
Program Intern, Salzburg Global Seminar
Duncan Whittick
Executive Director, The Outdoor Learning Store, Canada
Jaime Zaplatosch
Senior Vice President, Green Schoolyards for Healthy Communities, Children & Nature Network, United States
Mathijs ter Bork
Senior Project Manager, IVN Natuureducatie, Netherlands
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