In 2022, Staffordshire University completed the build of the new £4.4 m award-winning Woodlands Nursery and Forest School building, designed to contribute to the university's net zero status. The Woodlands Forest School (WFS) and Nature Reserve, separate to the Woodlands Nursery, is an initiative to formally bring outdoor education into the university curriculum, as well as offerings to schools and the local community. To this end, in December 2022 the university hired the author as a Lecturer in Outdoor Learning and Biodiversity to lead the development and activities of the WFS, taught in the Institute of Education. A reflection on personal practice within outdoor education on a higher education campus in the UK and on why and how outdoor educators can begin to critique their practice with a view to decolonising. Concluding with the idea that it may not only be the activity or practice 'in the moment' that affects the outcome, but also consideration of the 'life-cycle' of the activity or practice -- where will the outputs be taken next and how might this affect future communities/of practice?