June 14 @ SAT : Workshop 4 :Field Trip! What can nature teach us?
DRAFT ONLY - IN PROGRESS
Duration: 3 hours
Time: 10am - 1pm
Location: SAT
Facilitators: Priyanka, Sahil, Anam, Laura, Miley, Lizzie, Jess
“The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
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rivers, forests, animals, weather, and land can all be part of social life,
people are connected to environments,
and places are shaped by relationships, not just buildings.
Invoke understanding of urban ecology - understanding cities as living environments where humans, nature, infrastructure, and social life are all connected.
noting where human made and nature made systems collide. How can these entanglements between nature and culture (human made) be supported as part of a dynamic system?
noticing the interconnections between the man made ‘built environment and different approaches to integrating nature and other species.
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Field trip orientation TBD
Custom pages added to their journal (Sketch prompts to notice the dependencies between humans and nature)
Sketch material: pens, pencils, paper for texture rubbings
material sample bags.
Items for texture mapping? TBD
Plenty of water, sunscreen, hats, snacks
Intro before the trip:
Field trip!
1. Wasit Wetland Nature Park
2. Walk through the Old City, Sharjah
3. Al Majarrah Park
Reflection (at the end of last destination OR on the drive back)
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