Periagoge
Scenario

How to navigate mixing traditional knowledge with modern approaches

Our forest school collective has been working with a local indigenous educator for two years, but lately there's tension because some parents want to incorporate other 'nature-based' practices they've read about and others feel like we're diluting something precious.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A learning community is struggling with the impulse to synthesize traditions in ways that may undermine the integrity of what they originally sought.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Traditional Ecological Knowledge?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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