Title: SUBMIT FINAL CAPSTONE PROJECT
Course: Nature & Human Wellness eeCourse > Section: Module 4: Leveraging our Interconnection: Strategies & Implementation

Link to my capstone: email course template and outline

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGRI4HRfZA/MeDQNDJ26Qh-DwOTsbWHbw/edit?utm_content=DAGRI4HRfZA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

I spent some time figuring out what I wanted to put together for this project.  I landed on a fairly simple concept, so please let me know if you would like it to be more detailed.  What I landed on is a simple infographic that I would envision being used by trip leads to remind themselves of trip objectives.  The front is very a simple guide for how to start a river trip and what to cover.  The second page/back is some light detail about why we cover these topics.

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGZaNFBTaE/73tr45MVlUf5od6R1FOyXA/edit?utm_content=DAGZaNFBTaE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

I am submitting a brochure/pamphlet for how Regenerative Agriculture can regenerate the land and our health (and communities)!

I completely changed my capstone project from what I had previously entered. The attached is a presentation that will be used by myself and other KOB educators when we provide educator workshops this year. We will likely adjust the activity slides based on the length of the workshop and the curriculum we teach, but the first section about KOB and about the intersection between human health and wellness and nature will not change much. The attached PDF includes the slides and the notes we will use.

Graders' comments

Excellent capstone project Tanner, I thought this was a great idea when reading about your earlier thoughts on this - and it turned out incredible!

Often a barrier to spending the necessary time outside is a lack of knowing what to do. I think this scavenger hunt will be a great activity to help people loosen up a bit about exploring nature and spending time outside. I really appreciate the detail you put into the scavenger hunt cards, including the great information around each object - enough to leave them learning something while also walking away still curious or intrigued.

I would love to hear how this activity goes for you in the future Tanner, and how you might use it in your line of work in particular. I'm sure it will be a great tool to use to help connect community members to some of the great natural resources found in your area!

Well done Melissa, this is such an excellent and thorough final capstone project! I think this this 5 day mini course template you've done an incredible job both synthesizing a lot of the content and themes you've learned through the course, along with creating something that is not only relevant to the work you do, but will be a seed spreader of this great work for others!

I think with so much information overload so many of us can experience these days, this idea of a concise and accessbile 5 day mini course via email is an excellent idea to get important information across while mitigating that information overload. I appreciate the scaffolding I can see you worked through in your outline, building them through big picture definitions and theories first, then moving them towards more tangible practices. I also love the idea of adding an invititation to practice within each lesson, I can tell these invitations will be guiding them to use not only their intellect but also their somatic and feeling wisdom as well, which I know will have a deeper impact for each participant than just reading about these concepts.

I'm so excited to see such a cool project come out of this course for you Melissa, and would b e so happy to hear how this goes and what the results and outcomes might be for your participants in the future. Thank you for putting so much into this course, I'm so looking forward to seeing how your course take aways and further actions continue to grow and develop in this work!

Absolutely well done Kim! I love how this infographic turned out, it's clear, visually appealing, and has great information and inpiration that will connect the idea of nature and our wellness with ease for anyone who reads through it. It's really clear to me how much you've taken from the course, as many of the content themes are found in this infographic (from the specific ways nature benefits our different domains of wellness such as physical, mental, social health, etc. to themes of nature access being necessary for all, and benefits of environmental education). I know from reading your outline you're also hoping to implement a schedule of possible outdoor/nature activies for your classroom - I think this is a great idea and I hope you're able to achieve this! If you ever need help or support I would absolutely encourage you to reach out to NACEE - as these are the exact outcomes we hope to support across the state.

One thing that might be helpful to add to your infographic if you intend on publishing it, or getting posters made - I think you have such great statements and resources here from your outline, it would be beneficial if you sourced some of the more stated facts in the infographic (even with a subscript small number, and then had the cited resources on a different page or perhaps printed on the back). This may or may not be necessary or helpful depending on how you will use this infographic - however I think what you've created is worthy of making posters and sharing it within your school district - so I would definitely encourage it!

This was excellent work Kim, what a great final creation you've made for the final submittal of this course, I hope creating this helped you process much of what you've learned, and I really hope you can do something great with this product as it would be a great educational tool for others!

Myra, your final capstone project turned out so well! I know technically the big picture of your project is not complete just yet - however I think you did a really great job getting the program out in a thorough leader's guide document. I loved the way you thought this through so thoroughly, with specific objectives and flow for each of the four sessions. I hope this document helps you train anyone else who might be helping you with this, and helps organize your thoughts further as you work to make this happen next year. This is the coolest project, I'm so proud of you for putting this together and can't wait to hear how it goes - please keep me updated if you think of it once you launch your program, or reach out if you need any help as your program draws closer. I'm sure both NACEE and Master Naturalist would love to help you celebrate the success of this program! Thanks again Myra for your excellent participation in this course, hopefully we'll see you in future courses!

Pete, fantastic job on the capstone project, you really blew it out of the park with this infographic! It was so inspiring to see how this project came together throughout the course, and how you shifted it to meet your needs for your own ambitions helping to connect people to nature through paddling. This infographic turned out to not only be really beautifully done and visually appealing - it looks like such a fantastic resource for anyone interested in guiding empowering nature experiences on the water. I especially appreciated your "guide notes" on the back, serving as a great tool to ground other guides in the plan and intention of taking people paddling. The only editorial comment I would add - I do hope you add your name to this somewhere, it looks like a great enough tool you could use and share with others, and if that's the case I would definitely add your name somewhere crediting yourself with the design of this tool. Thanks again Pete, this was such a great final project to submit - excellent work here and throughout the course!

This turned out so well, you should be proud of this capstone work Alexus! I think you tied together the concept and overview of regenerative agriculture really well with the connection to human health, I loved your page breaking down the importance of nature on human health especially. I think there is a lot of great resources on regenerative agriculture out there, however the way you framed this particular resource through the lens of public health is really unique and needed. I'd love to hear how you use this brochure, or what feedback you get from it from your organization or your audiences. Fantastic job again Alexus, it's so cool to see this come together over time throughout the course, your final outcome is such a great product!

Great job with your final captsone Michelle! I thought the questions were really on point to what you're hoping to find - and I really appreciated at least in this document you referencing what module objectives some of the questions were tied too. It looked like a great balance - I'd be so interested to know how this evaluation works for you and your team in future programs. If you start finding some cool themes with the results feel free to reach out with your successes, I'd be so excited to hear about them. Fantastic job here and throughout the course, it's been a pleasure to have you as a participant! Thanks again Michelle, hopefully we'll see you in future courses in the next year!