Welcome to the promise of a wonderful new school year.

Wouldn’t you like to join us for the next phase of our adventure? Most recently, we took the lessons we learned from our Field Guide programs at international schools in Zurich and Zug, Switzerland, and brought them to the students of Chief Leschi School in western Washington state.

Here, a hundred third-graders from the Puyallup Indian Tribe helped us to see nature in new and exciting ways. By researching, writing and illustrating a Field Guide to Puyallup River Watershed, the students addressed the reality of loss and the possibility of renewal for the sake of positive change. They shared these important lessons with us— and with their parents, teachers, friends and other members of their community. You can see some examples of their writing and drawing on our website’s Gallery page. We are in the process of developing the gallery, so bare with us as we configure these wondrous works of art.

We’re now ready to bring what we’ve learned to other children in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the world. We look forward to more chances for the children to teach us. Through their eyes, we will again fall in love with the natural world.

It’s a lofty goal, to have children help us take an account of the living things in their parts of the world. Nonetheless, we need to start somewhere—and this website is a significant first step. We hope you enjoy it and will get in touch with us with your thoughts, wishes and suggestions for schools to work with in the months to come.

We believe that this is the finest generation that has ever come to the earth. Let’s give them the support they need as they turn their attentions away from video games, redirecting their energies to the wonders of nature in its rich and diverse forms.

David George Gordon