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Publication Date: 2025
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Interconnections and Wellbeing. Embodiment of Older Lifelong Outdoor Enthusiasts and the More than Human
Barbara Humberstone1,2,3; Geoff Cooper3; Di Collins3
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, v25 n1 p234-244 2025
This paper considers the sensuous feelings of 32 lifelong older outdoor enthusiasts. In a previous paper, the adaptations that these older folk had made in their lives in order to continue with their engagement with the outdoors were explored (Humberstone et al. 2022). This paper examines the ways in which these embodied feelings provide for the older persons' wellbeing through their connect to the more than human and provide for awareness of and/or action in environmental issues, enabling mutual benefits. How being in the outdoors is experienced for these participants through their emotions and senses is examined, highlighting the ways in which they perceive their connections with the more than human and the ways in which these connections permeate into their everyday life and their personal wellbeing.
Descriptors: Older Adults, Well Being, Outdoor Education, Humanism, Aging (Individuals), Environmental Education, Psychological Patterns, Sensory Experience, Lifelong Learning, Educational Benefits
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1School of Education, Plymouth Marjon University, Plymouth, UK; 2School of Human and Social Sciences, Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe, UK; 3Institute for Outdoor learning, Cumbria, UK