{"id":26820,"date":"2021-06-17T14:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T18:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/?page_id=26820"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:30:00","slug":"natural-learning-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/natural-learning-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Learning Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Natural Learning Initiative (NLI)<\/strong>&nbsp;was founded in 2000 with the purpose of promoting the importance of the natural environment in the daily experience of all children, through environmental design, action research, education, and dissemination of information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We aim to help communities create stimulating places for play, outdoor learning, and environmental education \u2013 places that recognize human dependence on the natural world. We collaborate with educators, play leaders, environmental educators, designers, planners, politicians, and all professionals working for and with children.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/naturalearning.org\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">More about NLI<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-content ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-two-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">Related News<\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-featured-content\"><a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-cta\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2020\/04\/29\/natural-learning-initiative-takes-education-outdoors-with-wolfware-outreach\/\"\n  >\n  \n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Natural Learning Initiative Takes Education Outdoors with WolfWare Outreach<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">The Natural Learning Initiative offers two asynchronous certificate programs for professional development in WolfWare Outreach. The certificate programs are tailored to early childhood and landscape design professionals who want to improve children&#8217;s outdoor learning environments.<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n              <p class=\"content-card__cta\"><span class=\"text\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n\n\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-cta\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/landscape-architecture\/2021\/03\/30\/laep-professor-robin-moore-receives-holladay-medal\/\"\n  >\n  \n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">LAEP Professor Robin Moore Receives Holladay Medal<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">LAEP Professor and Director of the Natural Learning Initiative, Robin Moore, has received NC State&#8217;s highest honor for a faculty member.<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n              <p class=\"content-card__cta\"><span class=\"text\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Natural Learning Initiative (NLI)&nbsp;was founded in 2000 with the purpose of promoting the importance of the natural environment in the daily experience of all children, through environmental design, action research, education, and dissemination of information. 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