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Field
study results are obtained by applying the ecopsychology process of Natural
Attraction Ecology, a
nature-connecting sensory science, in a natural area, backyard or
backcountry. This hands-on, organic psychology learning tool helps
us improve health
wellness and counseling by enabling our thinking and feeling to tap
into the self-correcting ways of nature's grace, balance and
restorative powers
Call
360-378-6313 for updated answers to questions about participation or
other topics of interest.
APPLIED ECOPSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION:
Educating
Counseling and
Healing With Nature
Supportive Degrees, Career
Training Courses and Jobs On Line
Project NatureConnect
offers
nature-centered distant learning that enables you to add the benefits
of nature-connecting methods and credentials to your degree program
and/or your skills, interests and hobbies.
We honor your
prior training and life experience by providing grants and equivalent
education credit for it.
You
may take accredited or professional CEU coursework and/or obtain a
Nature-Connected Degree or Certificate in most disciplines or personal
interests. A partial subject list is located at the bottom of this page.
- Improve
your income and
satisfaction through independent, interdisciplinary or integrated study
and Ecopsychology.
- Help
people connect their
thoughts and feelings with the self-correcting and renewing ways of
nature and Ecotherapy.
- Increase
personal social and
environmental well being.
- Add
the self-correcting sunlight beauty and
spirit of the natural world to your life and community.
Visit our Homepage for
complete information
Contact
us at
360-378-6313 <email> Select Here for streamlined, compact updates and guidance through our PNC Organization and Application website at www.ProjectNatureConnect.org.
A
Field Study Evaluation Report
Program
Results
The great value of this course for me was
learning first that I had at least 53 senses and that these were
natural attraction intelligences. Then the concept of the web of life
registering in my consciousness as 53 natural senses (webstrings)
taught me some valuable insight into my true part in the universe. At
first it was hard to wrap my brain around it all but when it clicked it
really "locked" and I totally got it. The sensory versus the abstract
way of knowing and thinking was logical to me and helped me to
understand how I get interrupted from my experiences of natural
attractions and the webstrings break. Very importantly as well, asking
for permission to respectfully interact with nature was something that
had never before occurred to me until this course. It makes sense to
have the same respect for all of nature as one would for people. I
would never go into a person's home with knocking first. Something very
cool about this is that I can teach my grandchildren to ask permission
from nature and show them how to have these ultimate experiences and
hopefully they will pass it on to future generations. Maybe thinking
and feeling by co-creating with webstrings can heal the globe.
A couple
of years ago I was in school for my BSW and was discovering that I
wanted to do something very different with my degree. I had been
experiencing soothing relief from the stressors in my life by walking
through parks and nature trails several times a day with my dog. I
recognized how sad I would feel when I found pollution in these areas
from time to time. I responded with efforts to clean things up. Then I
began thinking about the other people I saw running, walking, walking
dogs, pushing babies in strollers, having picnics in parks etc. I saw a
connection in the healing powers in nature. I kept this idea on the
forefront and when I finished my degree I began to research healing
with nature. That is how I found this course.
Through
this course I have learned significant activities that broadened my
perspectives and experiences with nature. The learning process has
allowed me to experience profound connections with the universe and
find my place in it. I didn't know that my love for nature was an
intelligent natural attraction and that we had at least 53 senses and
that the universe was connected with webstrings. It didn't
take very long for me to realize the profound connection I was having
with the group. Having people to share experiences with that we all
could identify in has been an incredible natural connection for me.
The awesome experiences I've had such as the
dragonflies and the garden would seem so "far out" that I would have
been reluctant to share them with others. But having a group like y'all
has allowed me to relax with it and accept it as a gift of the
universe. It is really wonderful to know now that I might not be crazy,
that I'm not the only one and that it is an authentic experience.
I have
learned life solutions and greatly expanded my own personal growth. I
have gained great insight in the application of nature therapy so that
I may share it with others in the learning experience of how to engage
in self healing through the natural environment. This course has been
very instrumental in my efforts to pioneer nature-connected Social
Work. It is my chosen field for master and doctorate studies.
I have
really enjoyed everyone's experiences with the activities and it has
been just the neatest thing to have this connection with people in all
different parts of the universe. That has been really cool! I
thank each one of you for sharing and connecting with me and teaching
me. I consider you all to be special in my life now as I venture on in
the universe and I would like to keep the connection going.
I have
become so aware of my surroundings now that I am having intense
experiences with nature on a daily basis. That is how much this course
has opened my eyes and turned on my senses. So it will be wonderful if
I can continue to share extraordinary moments with y'all in the future.
Good luck to everyone in all of your endeavors and thank you for your
gift of yourself. You are all "kin" to me now.
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Anonymous Project NatureConnect participant
Achieve
a Degree or
Certificate to
strengthen your professional interests, or your hobbies or pastimes, by
connecting them with nature. Implement your strongest hopes as you
increase personal and global well being.
Topics,
subjects or leisure pursuits can include those listed below or other
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