Laying the foundation
About Eliya.
I am a nature-based community facilitator with over 10 years experience working at the intersection of people and place. My practice seeks to re-connect communities with their natural surroundings, nurturing symbiotic & rippling webs of care and curiosity.
Photo by Jonathan Stokes
Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart
- Robin Wall Kimmerer
Credentials
About Seed Scholars.
Nurturing Creative Problem Solvers & Empathy Builders
This work supports the development of creative problem solving, expression, teamwork, empathy development, and confidence-building skills. Seed Scholars' all-weather outdoor sessions, which attend to the head, heart and hands, include:
Familiarising with place with an ecologists' lens
Nature-oriented games, songs, and storytelling to promote sensory awareness and community building
Nurturing food from seed to table - cultivating an edible garden
Encouraging biodiversity throughout the seasons
Using tools, knots, clay, & natural materials for creative nature crafting
Fire-making & fire-tending
Wild foraging & cooking
Climate awareness & action