36 min
Episode 25 (Nature Educators No 2) Dr Paddy Madden speaks up for the woodlouse Nature Magic
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Today Mary is talking to Dr Paddy Madden.
"How far we adults have retreated from childhood"
Paddy worked as a primary school teacher for three decades before becoming a lecturer in SESE education. He presently works as a Heritage in School Specialist and delivers CPD courses. He constructed the first school wildlife garden in Ireland in 1984 on which his thrice printed book Go Wild at School is based.
In 2010 he co-founded SEED, an organisation which seeks to promote school gardening on the island of Ireland. To date, SEED has organised 6 school garden conferences and has planned and constructed 7 school gardens at Bloom.
In 2019 Des Murtagh and Paddy launched a new website www.engagewithnature.ie
He owes his interest in nature to his parents and a primary school teacher in Lakyle N.S, Whitegate, Co. Clare.
Links
Listen to Paddy on the Inside Education podcast
http://bit.ly/2KJJgyz
Paddy's website
www.engagewithnature.ie
Videos on gardening and information on nature in general and Paddy's weekly blog.
An Exploration of the state and status of nature awareness, appreciation and education in the Irish primary school system by Paddy Madden. Available at http://rian.ie/en/item/view/164446.html
SEED (www.schoolearthed.ie)
Opening the World through Nature Journaling by John Muir Laws, Emily Breunig, Emilie Lygren, Celeste Lopez. Available to download free at
https://bit.ly/2M3xn73
Recommended books:
Go Wild at School By Paddy Madden. Available from engagewithnature@gmail.com
www.engagewithnature.ie
Looking at Nature
By: Elsie Proctor
Wildflowers of Offaly
By: John Feehan
Gardeners World
By: Geoff Hamilton
Last Child in the Woods
By: Richard Louv
How to Teach Nature Journaling: Curiosity, Wonder, Attention
By: John Muir Laws.
Poems
By: Wordsworth
The Living Countryside Magazine (out of print)
Connect to Mary Bermingham at
mary@burrennaturesanctuary.ie
Check out Burren Nature Sanctuary at
www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie
Also on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
Follow Nature Magic Podcast on Instagram
Today Mary is talking to Dr Paddy Madden.
"How far we adults have retreated from childhood"
Paddy worked as a primary school teacher for three decades before becoming a lecturer in SESE education. He presently works as a Heritage in School Specialist and delivers CPD courses. He constructed the first school wildlife garden in Ireland in 1984 on which his thrice printed book Go Wild at School is based.
In 2010 he co-founded SEED, an organisation which seeks to promote school gardening on the island of Ireland. To date, SEED has organised 6 school garden conferences and has planned and constructed 7 school gardens at Bloom.
In 2019 Des Murtagh and Paddy launched a new website www.engagewithnature.ie
He owes his interest in nature to his parents and a primary school teacher in Lakyle N.S, Whitegate, Co. Clare.
Links
Listen to Paddy on the Inside Education podcast
http://bit.ly/2KJJgyz
Paddy's website
www.engagewithnature.ie
Videos on gardening and information on nature in general and Paddy's weekly blog.
An Exploration of the state and status of nature awareness, appreciation and education in the Irish primary school system by Paddy Madden. Available at http://rian.ie/en/item/view/164446.html
SEED (www.schoolearthed.ie)
Opening the World through Nature Journaling by John Muir Laws, Emily Breunig, Emilie Lygren, Celeste Lopez. Available to download free at
https://bit.ly/2M3xn73
Recommended books:
Go Wild at School By Paddy Madden. Available from engagewithnature@gmail.com
www.engagewithnature.ie
Looking at Nature
By: Elsie Proctor
Wildflowers of Offaly
By: John Feehan
Gardeners World
By: Geoff Hamilton
Last Child in the Woods
By: Richard Louv
How to Teach Nature Journaling: Curiosity, Wonder, Attention
By: John Muir Laws.
Poems
By: Wordsworth
The Living Countryside Magazine (out of print)
Connect to Mary Bermingham at
mary@burrennaturesanctuary.ie
Check out Burren Nature Sanctuary at
www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie
Also on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
Follow Nature Magic Podcast on Instagram
36 min