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He has been a featured speaker for many groups including the following: John Denver's Windstar Symposium; New York State Outdoor Education Association; Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Everglades National Parks; Third International Camping Congress, Toronto, Canada; Nature Protection Society, Germany; North American Church Camp Conference on Outdoor Ministries; Kiyosoto Environmental Education Forum, Japan; 4-H National Staff Development and Training Workshop; Department of Eco-Tourism, Brazil; Greek Teachers Association; and New Zealand's Department of Conservation.

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The workshops exceeded our most hopeful expectations. Your skill in dealing with large numbers of people was impressive. The rapport that you established with the group made the size seem inconsequential. Enthusiastic comments and phone calls continued to come for weeks after the workshops.

Clearly you are an ambassador for the earth, Joseph, a rare and special gift. It was a privilege to share those days with you. Thank you."

-Anne Foster, Conservation Coordinator, Pasadena Audubon Chapter

In addition to learning about many new activities and Flow Learning, you’ll enjoy other conference highlights such as: a class on How to be an Inspiring Teacher and a Listening to Nature day in a beautiful location.

If you would like to join us for a week filled with personal and professional inspiration, please check the Calendar of Events for this year’s location and contact person.

More on the Annual Sharing Nature Conference and Retreat

-Dani Doueiri, Lebanon

"I would most certainly recommend this conference to my colleagues and friends. What made this week so special was the combination of conference and retreat. It provided so many direct experiences and a warm, loving and supportive atmosphere in which to share new insights and inspiration."

-Sandy Wiebusch, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Joseph Cornell conducted a series of inservice courses for teachers, and community workshops for park rangers and the general public throughout New South Wales, and in Victoria and Queensland. In the brief period of one month he met with 700 people and conducted 12 teacher inservice workshops and 7 community workshops. During Joseph Cornell's Australian tour approximately 600 copies of his book "Sharing Nature with Children" were sold.

Joseph Cornell has left a lasting impression in Australia. A number of people have likened Joseph Cornell to a modern day St. Francis owing to his love, care and sensitivity towards the natural world. His nature-awareness workshops were enthusiastically received by all that attended. Many people discovered a deeper sensitivity about nature that they had overlooked or forgotten when teaching children to understand and be aware of the natural environment.

The practical, intensive, realistic, helpful, enjoyable, worthwhile and sensitizing activities presented through gaming techniques provided teachers with valuable resources to use when teaching science. Many felt this type of science was real "applied" science in which actual learning through feeling and first experience occurred in a realistic manner. One teacher remarked that it was the first time in 40 years that she had really felt confident in teaching science to children.

In conclusion I feel that Joseph Cornell's tour to Australia challenged many people to reconsider their approach and feelings for the natural work. By sharing nature with Joseph, many Australians have now richer lives to share with others. It has definitely been Australia's gain to have a sincere and sensitive Joseph Cornell showing us many things about our own country of which we were not aware.

David Tribe,

Environmental Education Consultant, Department of Education, New South Wales

P.S., Here is a sample of comments from workshop participants:

Most worthwhile. The activities are fresh and eminently workable. They also generate an amount of enthusiasm for science I felt before was not possible. Thank you for the most enjoyable inservice course I have participated in for quite a number of years.

South Coast Teacher

If I can impart half of what I learnt during this course, I will be very happy.

Western Region Teacher

This was the most practical (and certainly the most enjoyable) inservice course that I've ever attended - maximum participation, maximum communication and maximum usefulness -congratulations. My only regret was that it was too short.

North Sydney Region Teacher

The most "feeling" course I have ever been to, given by a true person of nature. No one, especially children, who feel so much, could fail to learn and love our world when taught in this manner.

Metropolitan West Region Teacher

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