I have recently refreshed the main sections of the website. I have combined my outdoor education and blue space academic writing into one section, added some material on my work relating to fatality prevention in outdoor education, and created a new section The Sea: Reflections which contains more personal writing on my experiences of being, on, in and with the sea.

After three and a half years at AUT I have now reduced my appointment to .4 of an equivalent full time position. This is effectively two days a week (starting January 2024). I have appreciated my time at AUT but I am tired of the commuting. This reduction in hours has allowed me to pursue other interests including: contract skippering and running Fatality Prevention Workshops for Education Outdoors New Zealand (EONZ).

This book explores the educational dimension of people’s engagement with the ocean. Across formal, informal, and nonformal learning contexts, it examines how experiences of the ocean and ‘blue spaces’ help us to understand ourselves, others, and our place within the natural environment, and the place of the ocean in our sociocultural and political life.

Drawing on creative projects from around the world, the book introduces topics as diverse as ocean sailing, migrants’ experiences of learning to surf, experiencing seascapes through sounds, and the importance of fostering connections with the sea. It provides examples of innovative teaching and learning practices, and the pedagogical possibilities that engagement with the ocean offers to outdoor studies scholars and practitioners in terms of education, and the enhancement of our well-being and the environment.

This is fascinating reading for advanced students, researchers, teachers, and educational practitioners with an interest in outdoor studies, experiential and outdoor learning, leisure and recreation studies, environmental studies, or geography.

https://www.routledge.com/The-Ocean-Blue-Spaces-and-Outdoor-Learning/Brown/p/book/9781032224114