admin | Lee Beavington | Page 2 Lee Beavington Author, Biologist, Educator Search Main menu Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content Home Books Literary CV Teaching Academic CV Testimonials Photos Cheetah Brothers Collages Ferns Forest Looking Up Self-portraits Spiritual Suburban Dream Music Amazon Orchestra (The Hunt) The River Song Video KPU Amazon Field School Ordinary Beauty The Art of Seeing Under the Microscope Events Photos and Testimonials About Contact Author Archives: admin Post navigation ← Older posts Newer posts → About admin I am an intentional educator, biologist, author, photographer and traveller in search of truth, creativity, and conversations that matter. I seek simplicity, strive to be mindful, and listen for the song of the river and tree. I am a writer by need, not choice, from a conscientious and curious calling to put wonder into words. I write fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and am currently revising my first novel. Presentations in 2018 Posted on April 19, 2018 by admin Reply May 3, 9am Re-imagining the campus: Place-making, ecology and campus life With Sylvia Borda (KPU’s Artist-in-residence) KPU Teaching, Learning, Scholarship & Research Symposium 2018 Surrey, BC More info here May 12 Exploring the wilds within and without through poetry and music With Heidi McCurdy Learning Together Conference: The Intersubjective Emergent – Engagement and Synergy SFU Surrey, BC More info here May 12, 11:05am Arts-based learning across the curriculum (Invited panelist to plenary session) Learning Together Conference: The Intersubjective Emergent – Engagement and Synergy SFU Surrey, BC More info here May 15, 7pm Learning in place: The importance of outdoor education (Invited presentation) Chilliwack Field Naturalists Neighbourhood Learning Centre 46361 Yale Road, Chilliwack, BC More info here June 6 Embodied and empowered learning communities Teaching with pizzazz: Building communities in higher education KPU Langley, BC More info here June 21, 8:30am Ecopoetics of the Amazon The Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada University of Victoria, BC More info here June 21, 3pm “Aristotle’s Lantern” poetry reading The Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada University of Victoria, BC More info here October 18–21 Dancing with the leaves: Connecting to place through stories and art With Margaret McKeon The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication Near Cranbrook, BC More info here Posted in Education, Events | Leave a reply Recent Publications Posted on March 5, 2018 by admin Reply Here are some of my recent publications, on varied topics including science education, experiential learning, poetic inquiry, and Goethe’s gentle empiricism. “Romanticism and Science Education: Nature as a Poem” European Journal of Philosophy in Arts Education Available to read and download here. “Science Education in the Key of Gentle Empiricism” with Heesoon Bai Chapter in 13 Questions: Reframing Education’s Conversation – Science Available to buy here and here. “Ethical-ecological Holism in Science Pedagogy: In Honor of Sea Urchins” with Heesoon Bai and Serenna Romanycia Chapter in Animals and Science Education Available to buy here and here. “Poetic Pedagogy in Science Education” Chapter in Poetic Inquiry: Enchantments of Place Available to buy here and here. “Aristotle’s Lantern” Poem in Refugium: Poems for the Pacific Available to buy here and here. Posted in Articles, Books, Education, Poetry | Leave a reply Upcoming Events & Presentations Posted on September 7, 2017 by admin Reply September 10, 1pm The Amazon as teacher With Farhad Dastur & Lucie Gagné 9th annual World Environmental Education Congress, Vancouver, BC September 10, 5pm Blurring the nature/culture divide through deep connectivity With Jade Ho & Maureen Jack La-Croix 9th annual World Environmental Education Congress, Vancouver., BC September 14, 7:30pm From the Amazon to zoology: Reclaiming nature for our children White Rock and Surrey Naturalists Sunnyside Community Hall October 5, 6:30pm Book launch and poetry reading for Refugium: Poems for the Pacific Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Victoria, BC More info here October 19 Vancouver Public Library poetry reading Vancouver, BC November 3 The life of blossom: Living poetically in the Anthropocene With David Chang 6th International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry Bowling Green State University, Ohio More info here November 18, 10am-noon Ecology, creativity, and wonder: Our local rainforest Derby Reach/Brae Island Parks Association, Langley, BC More info here January 25, 2018, 7:30pm Place-based Education: Nature as Teacher Nature Vancouver 949 49 AVE W, Vancouver, BC More info here Posted in Education, Events | Leave a reply KPU Amazon Field School at Calanoa Posted on December 11, 2016 by admin Reply Looking for adventure? Check out the Amazon Field School. Posted in Education | Tagged Amazon, Calanoa, Colombia, Field School, KPU, Kwantlen, rainforest | Leave a reply 2017 Amazon Field School Posted on November 24, 2016 by admin Reply Come with us to the Amazon! More info here: https://www.kpu.ca/amazon-interdisciplinary-field-school http://www.amazonfieldschool.ca/ Posted in Education | Tagged Amazon, Field School, interdisciplinary, KPU | Leave a reply Heart Earth Presenter Series Posted on February 15, 2016 by admin Reply Posted in Events | Tagged education, presentations | Leave a reply Eleven Photos from the Amazon Posted on September 5, 2015 by admin Reply The KPU Amazon Field School takes students on a journey to the heart of the world’s most awe-inspiring rainforest, where we stay at the Calanoa Jungle Lodge located on the shore of the world’s mightiest river. Students from diverse backgrounds, including anthropology, biology, business, creative writing, design, expressive arts, fine arts, journalism and sociology, all take part in this interdisciplinary adventure. This diversity of disciplines enables a cross-pollination of ideas and perspectives as we engage in a cultural, ecological, and philosophical immersion. … → Posted in Education | Tagged Amazon, Field School, KPU, Transformative Learning | Leave a reply Upcoming Events Posted on April 2, 2015 by admin Reply I am giving quite a few presentations and workshops over the next few months, on topics such as experiential and embodied education, outdoor learning, poetic inquiry, contemplative education, and integrating ecology and creativity. Check out the new events page for more info. Posted in Events | Tagged ecology, experiential, poetic inquiry, presentations, science education | Leave a reply Amazon Orchestra soundscape Posted on November 9, 2014 by admin Reply Find out more here. Posted in Music, Video | Tagged Amazon, music, rainforest, soundscape | Leave a reply The Art of Seeing Posted on August 31, 2014 by admin Reply Find out more here. Posted in Video | Tagged art of seeing, microscope, nature, seeing, video, wonder | Leave a reply Post navigation ← Older posts Newer posts → Recent Posts My LinkTree TEDx Talk: Teaching Science with Compassion and Wonder SSHRC Storytellers Video Categories Articles (13) Books (3) Education (16) Events (9) Microfiction (1) Music (1) Nonfiction (3) Photography (4) Poetry (8) Science (2) Video (7) Recent Ruminations