Kara Peters Parkinson is a CNAC trained Forest School Practitioner, a lifelong learner, and a homesteading mother committed to promoting holistic well being in our communities through nature based learning and play.
As a program director and facilitator of our FNS sessions, she brings her background in camp counseling, performing arts and visual/sculptural art, a deep lifelong interest in animals and herbalism, as well as enthusiasm for outdoor adventures, whittling and other skills, weaving together diverse modalities and frameworks of understanding to benefit a holistic approach to learning.
Kara's community work before GEDREC includes sitting on the provincial Council of the Green Party of Manitoba and working for the Manitoba Wilderness Committee advocating for the protection of our natural spaces.
Kara is passionate about language and speaks English, French, and conversational Mandarin Chinese, and is learning Nehiyawewin (Cree) and Spanish. Incorporating language learning, art, theatre and storytelling into nature-based education is something she is especially passionate about!
Kara lives in the RM of Piney on 16o forested acres, in the homeland of the Oceti-Sakowin, Ininew and Anishnaabe people, with her beautiful 14 year old child, dogs, cats, Kunekune pigs and Nigerian goats.