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This is a co-constructed chapter of self-narratives that expresses something of the three authors’ early lives and “careers” in the outdoors. What emerged has been revealing and thought provoking for us. As educators, we recognize and practise the significance of the outdoors for our and others’ well-being and the need to value nature and engage with the nonhuman world. We celebrate the opportunities and experiences we have had in, through, and with nature. This chapter tells briefly something of our diverse journeys. Through each narrative, we express our engagements with and journeys through the outdoors over half a century and from childhood into the future.
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“The Experience of Zennor” is the title of a collective poem written by women play and community workers in Cornwall mentored by Di Collins (February 2001).
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Collins, D., Brown, H., Humberstone, B. (2018). Three Women’s Co-autoethnography of Lifelong Adventures in Nature. In: Gray, T., Mitten, D. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning. Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53550-0_32
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