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The Nature Kinship

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Website: The Nature Kinship Email: natalia@naturekinship.com Location: Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona

The Nature Kinship is a Phoenix-area nature-based education initiative founded by Natalia Carnevale that teaches children practical life skills through outdoor learning experiences. Programs incorporate bushcraft, plant identification, folklore, wilderness awareness, fire-building, knot-tying, and other hands-on activities designed to foster resilience, critical thinking, situational awareness, leadership, and community involvement. Rather than functioning as a traditional school, The Nature Kinship emphasizes lifelong learning, personal responsibility, and building meaningful connections between children, their communities, and the natural environment.

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Episodes (1)

  • 2026-06-10

    Phoenix Educator Natalia Carnevale Uses Nature to Teach Resilience and Lifelong Learning

    with Natalia Carnevale

    In the Phoenix Business Brief podcast episode, educator Natalia Carnevale discusses her initiative, The Nature Kinship, which focuses on teaching children resilience and lifelong learning through nature-based experiences. Carnevale emphasizes the importance of practical skills, community involvement, and the integration of folklore and bushcraft in education, aiming to foster self-regulation and situational awareness among participants. The program encourages children to appreciate their environment while developing essential life skills.

Notable quotes

  • “I think learning is lifelong. It's a journey and it's a process.”
  • “It's more about the journey and not the destination because you learn a lot about yourself when you're focused on the objective.”
  • “When there is something so readily available, it is underappreciated.”
  • “We are teaching them, in short, situational awareness. It's about appreciating the beauty and the bounty and the abundance of what's around us.”
  • “The best way to integrate the lesson is to teach it.”
  • “Every person on this earth has a lesson to share, and they're welcome to share it.”