Community Events and Workshops

2025

Grounded Leadership: Bringing Nature and Mindfulness into the Workplace

Organizer: OSU UHSD (Housing & Dining) - Continuing Education

Audience: (30) UHSD Management

Date: Dec 14, 2025, MU 13, Oregon State University

 

Beavers Family Connect Workshop: Dam Good Nature Break

Event: Beaver Family Connect monthly meeting

Audience: OSU faculty and staff

Date: Oct 7, 2025, MU 207, Oregon State University

 

Workshop: Mindful Fall Campus Walk

Organizers: NEST Lab

Audience: Offered to graduate students, faculty, staff at SPS

October 7, 2025 @ OSU

 

Invited Workshop: Youth Outdoor Career and Leadership Summit

Organizers: OSU Outdoor School, KidSpirit

Topic: Stress Less, Go Outside

August 15-16, 2025 @ OSU

 

Invited Talk: Youth Outdoor Career and Leadership Summit

Organizers: OSU Outdoor School, KidSpirit

Topic: A career in environmental psychology

August 15-16, 2025 @ OSU

 

Invited Workshop: Youth Outdoor Career and Leadership Summit

Organizers: OSU Outdoor School, KidSpirit

Topic: Stress Less, Go Outside

August 15-16, 2025 @ OSU

 

Two-Part Webinar Series: Mindfulness with Nature and Mental Wellbeing

Organizers: Oregon Health Authority

Audience: 300,000 + members plus dependents of the Public Employee Board (PEBB) and the Oregon Public Educators Board (OEBB).

May 28 and June 11, 2025

 

Invited Talk and Workshop:

Organizers: Oregon 4-H Outreach Leadership Institute Part III, “Career Exploration”

Topic: A Career in Environmental Psychology

May 24, 2025 @ OSU

 

CAPS Workshop: Dam Good Nature Break

Topic: Stress Less, Go Outside

Activities: Mindfulness with Nature workshop for 35 first-generation LatinX students.

May 7, 2025 @ OSU

 

2024

Invited Talk and Community Workshop:

Topic: Mindfulness in Nature and Mental Wellbeing

Date: Sept 23, 2024

Community Partner: Benton-County Library, Corvallis

Publication: Take-home materials for attendees and mindfulness activities handout available at the libraries and online at the library webpages.

 

Invited Talk and Community Workshop:

Topic: Playfulness in Nature and Wellbeing

Date: Sept 7, 2024

Community Partner: Benton-County Library, Corvallis

Publication: Take-home materials for attendees and playfulness activities handout available at the libraries and online at the library webpages.

 

Community Workshop:

Topic: Mindfulness in Nature and Mental Wellbeing

Date: Aug 24, 2024

Community Partner: Millicoma Marshes, Coos Bay

Publication: Take-home materials for attendees and mindfulness activities handout available at the Coos Bay Watershed Association with agreement to be distributed at upcoming events.

 

Invited Talk: Stress Less, Go Outside: The Science behind Mindful Nature Engagement

When and where: Egyptian Theater, Coos Bay, Aug 23, 2024

Activities: 45 min. keynote speaker for opening event of the Coos Watershed Associations’

Nature and Nurture public talk series accompanied by a community fair.

Publication: Take-home materials for attendees, handouts at the community fair with agreement to be distributed at upcoming events, resources guide posted on the Coos Bay Watershed Association website.

 

CAPS Workshop: Dam Good Nature Break. Spring workshop offering

Topic: Mindful nature engagement exercises for everyday stress reduction

Activities: Ongoing spring workshop offering. Attended by c ohort of 34 first-generation LatinX

Invited Talk & Workshop: OSU Adventure Leadership Institute

Topic: Mindful Nature Engagement and Leadership, March 5, 2024

Activity: science talk and workshop for 22 student and faculty Adventure Leadership Guides