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Peter Kindfield

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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#education #therapy #edusky #forestschool #homeschool #unschool #ecology What do y'all think? Is relationship education important?
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#Edusky #Education #Forestschool #Homeschooling #Unschooling #Nature #Ecology #Play Here's my latest blog. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/out-of-the...
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Out of the Box into the Wild: Why Education Belongs Outside
As a former professor of education, science coordinator/lead staff developer for community school district two in New York City, and principal/lead teacher in a private alternative school, I’ve spent ...
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#education #forestschools #natureschools #homeschooling #scieneeducation
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I'm excited to announce that our book is available for pre-order! Pre-orders help make sure the word gets out so please consider preordering! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827846...
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Explorations in Ecology by Peter Kindfield: 9781645023944 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Activities designed to help children and their adults develop a deeper relationship with the natural world, themselves and each other by learning essential ecological skills and understandings while p...
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I'll do that. I'm friends with Chris.
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I'm friends with Jem and coordinate the deep adaption educators group.
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
#Education #forestschooling #homeschooling #unschooling peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/mixtures-a...
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
#forestschool #education #scienceeducation Three free posts of playful science-rich outdoor winter activity offerings for children and their adults. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/snow-play-... peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/food-fuel-... peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/building-f...
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Snow Play and the Science of Warmth
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
#education #forestschool #homeschool #edusky #ecology #unschool #nature #foraging #environmentaleducation #deepadaptation Picture is Tricia Pilkington processing acorns with kids during one of my Explorations in Ecology Meetups.
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Another great Explorations in Ecology Meetup! #forestschool #homeschooling #ecology #education #edusky #unschooling #bushscraft #foraging
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Plan and journal from a recent explorations in #ecology meetup. #Homeschooling #ForestSchool #Unschooling #Edusky #DeepAdaptation
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
From my book: I like to think of ecosystems as a dance of interdependence. All ecosystem contributors, living and nonliving, participate in this grand improvisation. I don’t know the names of all the players in the band, but the seasons certainly lay down the beat for the rest of us. #ecology
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
A quote from my book: I like to think of ecosystems as a dance of interdependence. All ecosystem contributors, living and nonliving, participate in this grand improvisation. I don’t know the names of all the players in the band, but the seasons certainly lay down the beat for the rest of us.
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Independence is a myth! Try existing in space as a test of your independence. Instead of learning how to be more independent, we should all learn to be more interdependent with each other and the rest of the natural world!
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Wow!
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
#forestschool #homeschool #unschool #edusky #education #natureschool In this journal, I reflect on the value of play-based learning. Yes, free play is wonderful and important, and I leave plenty of time for it. And, play-based adult-guided activity can also be a joyful learning experience for kids!
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
#forestschool #edusky #education #homeschooling #unschooling #ecology #solarpunk #parenting This journal contains a confession that sometimes I want to be a dictator, then I remember...
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
#forestschool #homeschool #edusky Here's how I help kids deepen their relationships with themselves, each other, and the beyond-human world. The kids spent some time tying knots. Here's a post on working with cordage, including basic knot tying. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/cordage-ta...
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
#forestschool #edusky #deepadaptation #permaculture #unschooling #homeschooling #education #ecology I describe the Interaction Game here: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/field-trip...
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
#ecology #forestschool #education #deepadaptation #collpase I'm reading, Medicine Wheel for the Planet, and have updated my definition of ecoculture. It's a great read!
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Gotcha.
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#forestschool #edusky #homeschooling #unschooling #ecology It took me 60 years to find my niche as a nurturer of outdoor learning environments and communities for children! For more about how I help kids construct their understanding of heat, see: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/snow-play-...
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Hi @lindakwert.bsky.social, Would you consider adding me to your education writers' starter pack? I have an education blog (peterkindfieldphd@substack.com) that looks like it will soon be a Chelsea Green book: Explorations in Ecology for Children and Their Adults
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
@rltauritz.bsky.social Hi Rebekah, would you consider adding me to your sustainability education starter pack?
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
#forestschool #homeschool #unschooling #play #ecology #deepadaptation #edysky Hey Y'all, Here's my plan, reflections, and photos from another playful Explorations in Ecology Meetup. And here's our circle format if you're interested. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/.../opening-....
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Please let me know how it goes. Christopher.
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Here's my plan and reflections on a beautiful Explorations in Ecology meetup. I discuss the Breathe into a Bush activity in detail here. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/.../sharing-.... #forestschool #edusky #parenting #homeschooling #unschooling #deepadaptation #ecology
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
#forestschool #edusky #education #homeschooling #unschooling #ecology #scienceeducation #science Today is World Water Day. Here's a post to help children and their adults learn about what makes water special! peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/water-is-l...
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Water is Life
Explorations in Ecology for Children and Their Adults: Transformative Adventure for All of Us
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
#forestschool #edusky #unschooling #homeschooling #collpase #deepadaptation Explorations in #Ecology Meetup Here’s a write-up about our check-in circle ritual: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/.../opening-.... Here's my activity plan, journal reflections, and a few photos from the day.
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#forestschool #edusky #homeschooling #unschooling #ecology #collpase #deepadaptation The games we played are described in more detail here: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/trail-games
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
No being is independent or self-sufficient. If you think you are, try one minute in outer space without any of the relationships we need to survive. Here's my declaration of #interdependence #ecology #forestschool #unschooling #edusky #deepadaptation #collpase
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
#forestschool #homeschooling #unschooling #edusky #education #practicaldeepadaptation The two games we played are described here: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/.../nature-t.... and here: peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/trail-game....
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#deepadaptation #edusky Please contact me if you're interested in attending our monthly #collpase aware #educators meetings!
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#ecology #anthropology #collpase #deepadptation #modernity #survivingthefuture #thegreatsimplification #forestschool #permaculture
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Hey y'all, I'm a former middle school teacher, science education professor, and alternative school principal and teacher. Now I do ecological education with elementary and middle school age kids out in the forest. Best job ever!
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I love tree planting with kids!
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
My favorite part of fairy play is fairy houses. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/fairy-hous...
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Fairy Houses, Forts, Dens, Natural Building, and Ecological Design
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
#forestschool #education #edusky #homescholing #unschooling #collpase #deepadaption Children love building fairy houses, forts, and dens, and I love helping them learn #ecological design while they're #playing Ideas to help you help them in the link! peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/fairy-hous...
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Fairy Houses, Forts, Dens, Natural Building, and Ecological Design
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Thanks. I'll tag these with #deepadaptation in the future.
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The nature games I mention in this post can be found here: [peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/.../…...] here [peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/tr…...) and here [peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/.../…...]
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Transformative Trail Games
Coming Back to Nature: Transformative Ecological Activities for Kids and Their Adults
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
#forestschool #edusky #nature #homeschooling #unschooling #play First day of nature meetups this "spring"
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
First children's nature meetup of the spring. My favorite quotes of the day were "Best day ever!" and "Branches are nature's hammocks. #edusky #forestschool #nature #ecology
Children loving their ecosystem!
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Hi @ckaus.bsky.social, I coordinate a group of collapse aware educators as part of the deep adaptation forum.
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Not sure about the "can't communicate about" part except in the sense that we can, and we can't... ;-) Words are tricky beasts... It's from a Batesonian perspective (Gregory and @norabateson.bsky.social) that I come to my thoughts about eco-logic... Nora about multiple contexts in particular...
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
#ecology #edusky #collpase #deepadaptation #solarpunk #bateson Whaddaya' think?
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Here's some extensions you could offer the children. peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/were-all-r...
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We’re All Related
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Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
#education #edusky #ecology #homeschooling #regeneration #forestschool Back in the day, I attended an educators' conference about Dealing with Diversity. Why is diversity a problem to be dealt with in schools, while ecosystems are powered by diversity? peterkindfieldphd.substack.com/p/mixtures-a...
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Mud, Mixtures, and Miskers
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