Nature's Calling Environmental Education

Nature's Calling Environmental Education We connect youth and families with nature & the outdoors, and nurture healthy minds and bodies.

Author Richard Louv, in his ground-breaking book Last Child in the Woods, coined the term ‘nature deficit disorder’, which he used to describe the lack of nature in the lives of today’s wired generation. The books message is simple – kids (and adults) that spend time outside tend to be healthier and happier. We support this philosophy and are dedicated to providing opportunities for our community

to enjoy nature through outdoor activities and learning. We do this by:
Providing educational and outreach activities for children and families to foster an appreciation of, and respect for, nature and the environment;
Promoting conservation and stewardship of our environment through outdoor learning and classroom programming;
Engaging youth and to help develop environmental leaders for a more sustainable future.

Our last week of camp Pirate Adventures !Ahoy Mate! What a blast last week was with campers following a treasure map, co...
08/31/2026

Our last week of camp Pirate Adventures !
Ahoy Mate!
What a blast last week was with campers following a treasure map, constructing pirate hats, engineering boats to float, building a moat in the sand, playing games and making friends.
Hard to believe camp is over for another year.
Look for next summers registration in the new year.
Nature's Calling Environmental Education
Www.naturescalling.ca

NCEE welcomes Jen Thompson to the Board of Directors.Passionate about life-long learning through experiential education ...
08/29/2026

NCEE welcomes Jen Thompson to the Board of Directors.

Passionate about life-long learning through experiential education and with an MSc in Education, Jen has spent the last 20 years teaching and volunteering in some of the most incredible - and remote - places on earth, including the United Arab Emirates and Nunavut. She now resides in Norfolk and teaches secondary school.

Having a firm belief that you need to build and support the community you want to see, Jen is the founder of the Waterford Seedy Saturday and the Waterford Community Bingo. She is also currently the Festival Coordinator for Norfolk Nature's 2027 Nature Fest.

We are very excited to announce the return of Andrew Moores to our staff. After 2 terms away Pinecone is back at our Bra...
08/29/2026

We are very excited to announce the return of Andrew Moores to our staff. After 2 terms away Pinecone is back at our Brant Forest School. Many of our students and parents will be thrilled to see his return!
We also welcome Jody Roest as a new educator that will be helping deliver our Lessons in a Backpack outdoor education program for local schools. She has been a teacher, nurse, and is currently also a nature interpreter at Royal Botanical Gardens.

As the seasons change, our summer camps are done for another year, and we prepare for our fall term of Forest School, we...
08/29/2026

As the seasons change, our summer camps are done for another year, and we prepare for our fall term of Forest School, we say goodbye to 2 awesome staff as they move on to other directions in their careers. Kyle is heading to teacher's college.
Thank you, Beetle and Sunflower, for being such an integral part of Nature's Calling and the very best in your future endeavors!

Two and a half years ago our charitable organization, Nature’s Calling Environmental Education, found a new home for our...
08/25/2026

Two and a half years ago our charitable organization, Nature’s Calling Environmental Education, found a new home for our Forest School and Summer Camps. A beautiful 50-acre property with fields and woods near Simcoe, and great landlords that send their own kids to our programs. Our staff love the site, parents and teachers love the site, and most importantly children love it here.

The property recently went up for sale:
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/30179942/1353-charlotteville-road-8-simcoe

We are, off course, worried that a new owner may not want our charity there, but we also recognize the potential opportunities if we were to
remain. The property could become Norfolk’s Nature Hub, a gathering place with expanded outdoor programming, overnight family camps, a multi-day nature festival, guided hikes, demonstration gardens (i.e. pollinator, native, etc.), youth and adult workshops (yoga, nature art, forest therapy, building bird houses, etc.), and various fundraising events.

What we are looking for now is a philanthropist. A businessperson. An investor. Someone that believes in the importance of children connecting with nature, the benefits of outdoor education, in mentoring the land stewards of tomorrow, and someone that wants to be the person that helps make this dream a reality. If you are someone like that, or know someone like that, please feel free to contact myself, the Executive Director, by sending me a PM, and let's chat.

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
— Native American proverb

Zombie Survival camp last week...Everything survival! 🐾🌳🏕🌞🦋🐞🐌🐸🪱🪲🦗This group of campers followed a map through the forest...
08/24/2026

Zombie Survival camp last week...
Everything survival!
🐾🌳🏕🌞🦋🐞🐌🐸🪱🪲🦗
This group of campers followed a map through the forest to find a real Zombie, learn 1st Aid, built fires, created a stream to keep cool, made slime, engineered tarp shelters to test them in the rain and more. This week is our last week of camp....Pirate Adventures!!
Still spaces in our fall Preschool and Parent and Tots programs. Registration through our website.
Www.naturescalling.ca
Nature's Calling Environmental Education

Muddy Adventures Summer Camp.What better way to be a kid then getting dirty playing in the mud, digging in the dirt, coo...
08/17/2026

Muddy Adventures Summer Camp.

What better way to be a kid then getting dirty playing in the mud, digging in the dirt, cooling off on the slip & slide, digging up dinosaurs, and exploding volcanoes. Our camps give kids the opportunity to have fun, connect to nature, make friends and be free to be a kid outdoors in nature. 🐾🌞🌳
Spaces still available in our Preschool Forest School.
Www.naturescalling.ca
Nature's Calling Environmental Education

08/13/2026
Last week's Awesome Animals camp! 🐾🌞🦋🐞🐮🐥🐌🪲🦗🪱🌳☔️Campers got to meet some chicks and say hi to the cows from the Homestead...
08/10/2026

Last week's Awesome Animals camp!
🐾🌞🦋🐞🐮🐥🐌🪲🦗🪱🌳☔️
Campers got to meet some chicks and say hi to the cows from the Homestead. We had a great time fishing, found lots of grasshoppers, investigated some water bugs and had a relaxing sit spot looking for birds. So much fun exploring nature and making memories with new friends!
Spot still available for the next 2 weeks.
Zombie Survival & Pirate Adventures
Nature's Calling Environmental Education
Www.naturescalling.ca

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Simcoe, ON
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