Episode 10 - 'Appreciating the natural heritage of the UAE'

<p><strong>Thank you for joining me!</strong></p> <p><strong>In this session we cover:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>This discussion was inspired by our screening of the film ‘Childhood’. &nbsp;The film, set in a rural Norwegian kindergarten prompted many questions about how we can give our children real first-hand experiences in nature whilst living in a city created in a desert 🤔<br> </strong></li> <li><strong>From our questions and audience participation it seems that when we are not able to recreate the familiar natural world experiences that we know from our home countries we become disillusioned and seek out artificially created nature experiences instead.<br> </strong></li> <li><strong>I would like to offer a different path, one where we seek out what we can learn here in this desert landscape, from a terrain and environment that may be vastly different from our home countries.<br> </strong></li> <li><strong>My vision is for us to learn about what we have here, desert animals, desert insects, desert plants, all of the things that young children are obsessed about! &nbsp;&nbsp;So we can appreciate and honour the natural heritage on our doorstep. ❤️<br> </strong></li> <li><strong>We'll also discuss how 'being in nature' and offering first hand experiences calls for our absolute presence, and when we are present we can then learn from our children.<br> </strong></li> <li><strong>Can we commit to a complete digital detox when we are experiencing nature first hand?<br> </strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>Visit enrichingenvironments.com SHOP for my transformative online Parent Enrichment Courses. &nbsp;I’ll see you there!</strong></p> <p><strong>*All podcast sessions originally recorded on Instagram Live, see my IGTV @enrichingenvironments for the video.</strong></p> <p><strong>#enrichingenvironments</strong></p> <p><strong>#consciousparenting</strong></p> <p><strong>#dubailife</strong></p> <p><strong>#natureforchildren</strong></p> <p><strong>#naturesplayground</strong></p>