Forest Educator Spotlight: Ethical Dilemmas in Forest Education
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Ethical dilemmas happen when we are faced with situations where all of the options have conflicts with our morals or personal philosophy or beliefs.    In Forest Education, this happens around a number of issues, like employee compensation, or wildcrafting resources, or program pricing. Thirty years ago, I faced these issues alone, and did the best I could, as you will hear in this episode, but in today's digital world, we have new resources and connections and networks so we don't have to navigate them on our own.    We have new program models, other directors and leaders who can share their own choices and how they worked out, as well as best practices and more.     We face many challenges in our world today, and it's a given that as Forest Education grows, it will be filled with more and more dilemmas and philosophical crossroads.  My hope is that these challenges will lead to new and growing diversities of opportunities for parents, adults, teens and communities.   I can personally attest that it's much more enjoyable and productive to work through them with a group of experienced peers than to face them on our own. Join the Forest Educator Patreon! https://patreon.com/ForestEducatorPodcast Connect with Ricardo: https://www.foresteducator.com/ https://www.theforestboxforkids.com/ https://www.hawkcircle.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-sierra-5980931/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_forest_educator_podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RicardohawkSierra
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