July 15 to July 29, 2017, Venture Outside partnered with the Clara Barton Center for Diabetes Education to hold its second annual Adventure Camp for Teens with Type 1 Diabetes. At this camp, we share what making it to the… Read More ›
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Mixing Business and Pleasure in a Tropical Paradise: Permaculture and Conservation in the Guna Yala Islands of Panama
Fresh from a morning of paddling, strolling around palm-fringed beaches, and snorkeling on surrounding coral reef, our group of 11 sea kayakers sat under a cane shelter on the edge of a large white sand beach on an island in… Read More ›
This is shared with Puma Diaries by Ilene Price, who helped guide part of a recent Venture Outside trip to Panama. Please check out more of Ilenes posts! My last trip of the season in Guna Yala came as a… Read More ›
Selfish Metaphors in Nature
“You can notice clouds floating by…but you are not those clouds.” Ken Wilber A true Witness to nature views without imposing themselves onto a majestic scene, an earthly event, or a mysterious place. It’s the mark of an accomplished spiritual… Read More ›
Singing, The Most Affordable Drug, by Ellie Osborn
Almost every culture believes in the power of music to heal both physically and psychologically. Ancient and modern scientific research confirms these beliefs and we now can show evidence of changes in the brain when listening to Mozart or the… Read More ›
When Up Goes Under and Under Comes Up: Time, Space, and the Current “World Reversal” in Indigenous Peruvian Thought
by Hillary S. Webb, PhD The first time I heard the term yanantin was back in 2000, when I accompanied a group of people to Peru to learn about the indigenous spiritual philosophies as they exist this region of the… Read More ›