{"product_id":"nature-first-outdoor-life-the-friluftsliv-way-paperback","title":"Nature First: Outdoor Life the Friluftsliv Way - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBob Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNils Vikander\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature First\u003c\/i\u003e combines the Scandinavian approach to creating a relationship with nature (known as \u003ci\u003efriluftsliv\u003c\/i\u003e) with efforts by Canadian and international educators to adapt this wisdom and apply it to everyday life experiences in the open air. The word \u003ci\u003efriluftsliv\u003c\/i\u003e literally refers to \"free-air life\" or outdoor life. A word saturated with values, the concept can permeate deeply and playfully into one's cultural being and personal psyche, thus influencing the way one perceives and interacts with nature on a daily basis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor centuries, the North American approach has been one of domination and bringing nature under control, in many cases abusing our natural environment in the process. The \u003ci\u003efriluftsliv\u003c\/i\u003e way of being on \"talking terms with nature,\" developing an \"insider's\" relationship with nature, offers the rich potential of allowing us as cohabiters on the Earth to recreate, rejuvenate and restore the balance among all living things.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature First\u003c\/i\u003e is the first English-language anthology to bring together the perspectives and experiences of North American, Norwegian, Swedish and other international outdoor writers, all \u003ci\u003efriluftsliv\u003c\/i\u003e thinkers and doers. Here, the thirty contributors' use of history, sociology, psychology, philosophy and outdoor education writings blend to provide an understanding of how \u003ci\u003efriluftsliv\u003c\/i\u003e applies to everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book presents an alternative to much of the personal growth\/adventure-based literature that tends to dominate our current approach to the outdoor activity. Folklore, heritage, adventure travel, crafts, place-based education and the daily outings of families all have a role to play in promoting an understanding of both the ordinary and the mystical importance of this Nordic tradition. Dedicated to parents, travel guides, educators and generally to participants in the outdoors, \u003ci\u003eNature First\u003c\/i\u003e provides a compellingly fresh approach to life in the out-of-doors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Henderson of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and Nils Vikander of North Troendelag University College in Levanger, Norway, are the co-editors. Both are practitioner-based outdoor educators. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBob Henderson teaches Outdoor Education at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Starting as a camper and canoe tripping staff member at Camp Ahmek in Algonquin Park, he has developed a lifelong interest in Canadian travel heritage and travel guiding. Beginning in 1994, he continues to write a regular heritage travel feature for \u003ci\u003eKanawa Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1995 Bob completed his Ph.D. concerning approaches to travel guiding from the University of Alberta. He takes pride in baking a golden brown bannock and leading a spirited campfire singsong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvery Trail Has a Story: Heritage Travel in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Natural Heritage Books in 2005, and co-editor of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eNature First: Outdoor Life the Friluftsliv Way\u003c\/i\u003e, which will be released in June 2007. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNils Vikander has taught friluftsliv since 1991 at North Troendelag University College in Levanger, Norway. Starting his all-weather explorations of the outdoors as a child in Sweden, he followed his family to Canada where he became an academic roamer from east to west, interspersed with years of work\/play in cross-country skiing. The latter took him yet further afield-to the US Midwest and Montana, and to the farthest reaches of the Canadian Arctic. In the late 1980s his curiosity took him back to Scandinavia, this time to Norway, where his teaching and outdoor immersion brought him many deep nature experiences, taking advantage from time to time of the nearness to Sweden and Finland. From 2003 to 2005 he returned to Canada as a visiting scholar at Brock University and found deeply intriguing comparative teaching experiences in the outdoors. Nils delves deeply into the philosophy of the nature experience. His greatest passion is to search familiar or unknown vistas with paddle or ski, simply, intimately and tracelessly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.99 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770044809504,"sku":"9781897045213","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bd101341a62f51499edaae99874a1bb7.webp?v=1780363156","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/nature-first-outdoor-life-the-friluftsliv-way-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}