A whole page with cartoons that prove that humor and philosophy do go together well. www.outdoored.com is a fast growing website with loads of information on outdoor experiential education. Roger Greenaway's free online guide to active reviewing is one of the internationally most recognized sites in the experiential field. Greenaway has specialised himself in debriefing. The site gives the possibility to subscribe to free ezines, internet referrals etc. Webpage dedicated to dilemmas of facilitation.
The Informationsdienst Erlebnispaedagogik is mainly run by Michael Rehm. Through his web site you will find information concerning the European branch of the AEE. Many links to German sites. KreativAktion works mainly in the German and Brazilian outdoor-training field. Very experienced in mobile high ropes courses. 
Outward Bound Belgium has a very distinctive style of facilitation. The official website of the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI) contains a lot of background information, among which a short introduction into the theory and a few background articles. Most innovators have a small notebook stashed away somewhere, or a document in their computers, with all the good ideas that they have had (and probably will never execute). Kevin Kelm at least puts them on the internet, which gives you the opportunity to ponder about the possibilities of meat popsicles, Foton vector filters, or the possible use of newly coined words. www.howstuffworks.com explains how stuff works. Serendipity is the talent to discover something not sought after, through a combination of intelligence and coincidence. The discovery of penicilin is one of the most well known examples of it. This article shortly desribes where the word comes from, and then elaborates on the role of serendipity in qualitative, scientific research. An extreme example of independent thinking can be found at this site. If you liked the film the Matrix, go and take a look. Conspiracy theory will never be a dull word for you anymore. Not every invention is necessarily useful. Some useless ones still leave a pretty strong impression, though, like this recipe for Salmon from the dishwasher. When in doubt if a chain letter or virus warning is for real or a hoax, you can easily check it at Symantec's website, the makers of Norton Anti-virus, or McAfee, makers of VirusScan. Please check before you clutter people's e-mail boxes with good intentions. ZoneAlarm is a free, very effective firewall. At the website you can download the free version. At the Netiquette Home Page you will find the rules of politeness in the use of e-mail and the internet that have become widely accepted. If you are looking for an alternative e-mail program for Outlook, you may download a free version of the Bat, Eudora, or Pegasus Mail Is your computer often turned on, but not in use? By donating computertime to United Devices, you may help cancer research (at Universiteit van Oxford, amongst others). |
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The European Ropes Course Association (ERCA) has taken the initiative a few years ago to develop European standards for permanent and mobile ropes courses, separately from the ACCT. At the moment its efforts are mainly aimed at Germany. The Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) is an organization for professionals who deal with ropes courses. Their standards have become very influential world wide. The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) is a USA-based international professional organization of trainers, social workers, therapists and other that work on an experiential basis. Strongly American biased. Project Adventure was (one of) the first organization to translate longterm outdoor programs into short activities, that can be fitted into the time slots of schools. Through their site you will also find many well known books on outdoor training. National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE). The Make-A-Wish Foundation fulfills the wishes of children between the age of 3 and 18 that suffer from a possibly terminal disease. Amnesty International is a non-political organization, that stands up for the defence of human rights world wide. Their website offers easy possibilities to support them in their struggle.