Saturday, August 20, 2016

Antioch University New England

Keene, New Hampshire

9am – 4pm

Fee: $100

NATURE BASED LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPApplying Nature’s Lessons to Leadership and Life

Join us for an inspiring day focused on how you can benefit from the emerging field of nature-based leadership—and put your knowledge to work for others. Leave refreshed and ready to bring the benefits of nature-based experiences to every facet of your life—at home, in relationships, at play and at work in settings as diverse as business, education, health care and organizational development. And join a growing worldwide community of people committed to reconnecting people with nature—for their own health and well-being, and that of Earth itself.

GUIDING VALUES • Human health and well-being are inextricably linked to the health of the

planet’s living systems.• Direct experiences in nature nourish health, hope, creativity and compassion.• Nature-based leadership is inherently collaborative and generative; it differs

significantly from current mechanistic and hierarchical leadership models and is a way forward to restore the balance between people and nature.

The world of nature is inherently life-giving. Evidence and common sense indicate that nature itself can heal, inspire, inform and guide all human activities. Every lesson for living, learning, serving and leading is either written indelibly in or inspired by nature.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN AND CAN PUT TO WORK• How to apply nature’s lessons to enhance your life, at home, work, and

everywhere else.• Strategies for incorporating principles of nature-based leadership in business,

education, non-profit and health sectors.• A sense of community, connection and support.• Opportunities to learn more, from graduate school to life itself.

FOR: Business owners, managers and supervisors; teachers, school principals, administrators and other educators; non-profit executives; health care professionals; and anyone interested in leadership development and positive social change.

© Photo by Bob Samples

For more information and to register, visit our website: www.antiochne.edu/nbli.

Contact UsFor more information and to register, visit our website: www.antiochne.edu/nbli. Questions? Contact Peg Smeltz at Antioch University New England, msmeltz@antioch.edu, 603-283-2301.

TIMING FOR THE DAY8:15am – 9:00am Registration Check-In 9:00am – Noon Insights and ActivitiesNoon – 1:00pm Lunch and Conversations 1:00pm – 3:00pm More Insights and Activities 3:00pm – 4:00pm Wrapping Up and Staying Connected

CO-FACILITATORS AND PRESENTERS— Innovators and Nature Based Leaders

Cheryl Charles, Ph.D., is an innovator, author, organizational executive, educator and widely-sought public speaker. In the fall of 2015, Cheryl was named Research Scholar and founding Executive Director of the Nature Based Leadership Institute at Antioch University New England (AUNE). The vision of the Institute is a world in which all humans live, learn, serve and lead in healthy balance with the natural world. Cheryl is the Co-Founder, along with author Richard Louv and others, of the Children & Nature Network (www.childrenandnature.org). She is President and CEO Emerita

of the Network and coordinates its international activities. Recipient of numerous awards for her leadership, she served as founding National Director of the pioneering K-12, interdisciplinary environment education programs, Project Learning Tree and Project WILD, both of which remain available and widely used. She has applied concepts of nature-based leadership throughout her career in support of positive social change, including her work in the last decade to help build the worldwide movement to reconnect children with nature.

Beverly Winterscheid, Ph.D., is a successful business person who left the corporate sector to create and serve as Founding Partner of the Center for Nature and Leadership (CNL) with its focus on nature-based leadership development. The Center specializes in nature-based and traditional leadership development, coaching and mentorship for corporate intrapreneurs, social entrepreneurs and change agents from all sectors. Beverly served as leadership professor at Bard College in the Sustainability MBA program, was leadership professor and

capstone advisor for six years in the MBA in Managing for Sustainability program at Marlboro College, and was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Sustainability Business Network of Washington D.C. In addition to her work with the Center for Nature and Leadership, she serves on the Board of Directors of the Sheep Mountain Alliance, a grassroots citizen organization dedicated to the preservation of the natural environment in the Telluride Region of Southwest Colorado. She is one of the founders of the Nature Based Leadership Institute at Antioch University New England.

Steve Jones, Ph.D., is the former President of Antioch University New England. He is also a forester by trainingand a poet by choice. It was Steve's vision as a founderthat created the Nature Based Leadership Instituteat Antioch University New England.

Some Fields of Study that Inform and Inspire Nature Based Leadership Systems thinking, ecological leadership, conservation psychology, ecopsychology, biomimicry, biophilia.

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