What makes a great wilderness campsite? Here is my list of the top features of a wilderness campsite. See if you agree with me...

Over the years I have been fascinated as to why some people enjoy learning and doing some outdoor skills, and others do not. I don’t think that it is usually a matter of personal preference or personality. Here is what I believe are the three keys for ensuring success when learning an outdoor adventure skill.

The key to success is to:

According to a 2010 Kaiser Family Foundation report kids are now soaking in 10 hours and 45 minutes per day of media in a mere 7 hours and 38 minutes. Of course the only way this can happen is through multitasking such as listening to their favourite tunes while browsing the Internet with the TV on in the background. I know we live in a media saturated age, but this statistic was a bit of a shock to me. 

Who has pleasant thoughts when they think of the word “lecture”? I know I don’t. When I think of the word I have images of a dry professor standing at the front of a large lecture hall droning on in a monotone voice. Can you say “BORING”?

The Washington Post recently published an article called “Colleges looking beyond the lecture” where it speaks of the lecture being under attack in higher education...