Episode #19: Dave Puig, Justys Grenier - Outward Bound and Expeditionary Learning

MICROCOLLEGE: The Thoreau College Podcast by Thoreau College

Episode notes

Dave, Justys, and Jacob trade tales of transformational wilderness experiences, and discuss the origins and importance of expeditionary learning as a field.

Dave Puig has been a wilderness instructor for fourteen years, leading expeditions in the desert, the Arctic, the wondrous Northwoods, and into the minds of authors, social critics, and high school students. He developed the expedition-based Land Ethics Curriculum at Youth Initiative High School which challenges students to see their own growth in reciprocity with their peers, those they see as different from themselves, and the earth. He also builds houses and lives on his wife’s family farm where they are embarking on the incredible journey of parenthood!

Justys Grenier is a Viroqua native, alum ... 

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