About Joseph
Joseph Cornell is an internationally renowned author and founder of Sharing Nature Worldwide, one of the planet’s most widely respected nature awareness programs. His first book, Sharing Nature with Children, “sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education” and has been published in twenty languages and sold half a million copies. He is the honorary president of Sharing Nature Association of Japan, which has 10,000 members
and 35,000 trained leaders.
He the author of the Sharing Nature Book Series, used by millions of parents, educators, naturalists, and youth and religious leaders all over the world. Mr. Cornell’s books, Listening to Nature and The Sky and Earth Touched Me, have inspired thousands of adults to deepen their relationship with nature. Two recent books of his: The Sky and Earth Touched Me and Sharing Nature were awarded Indie Book Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service selected Mr. Cornell’s Sharing Nature with Children as one of the fifteen most influential books published since 1890 for connecting children and families to nature. His highly effective outdoor learning strategy, Flow Learning™, was featured by the U.S. National Park Service as one of five recommended learning theories, along with the works of Maria Montessori, Howard Gardner, John Dewey, and Jean Piaget.
Mr. Cornell has received many international awards for his Sharing Nature books and work. He received the prestigious Countess Sonja-Bernadotte Prize in Germany for his vast influence on environmental education in Central Europe. In 2011 Cornell was selected as one of the world’s “100 most influential opinion leaders committed to the Environment” by the French organization, Les Anges Gardiens de la Planète.
Known for his warmth and joyful enthusiasm, Cornell “has a genius for finding the essence of a subject, explaining it in clear and compelling ways, and then giving the reader creative exercises to gain an actual experience.”
Ananda Village
Joseph his wife, Anandi, are residents of Ananda Village, a 700-acre cooperative community located in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California. Based on the principles of simple living and high thinking, Ananda is one of the most successful intentional communities in the world. Through its retreat centers, Living Wisdom Schools, beautiful gardens, organic farming, publications, online classes, and example of living in harmony with nature and with one another, Ananda serves visitors from all over the world. Founded in 1969 by Swami Kriyananda, Ananda practices the universal teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda
For more information: anandavillage.org
Joseph Cornell is an internationally renowned author and founder of Sharing Nature Worldwide, one of the planet’s most widely respected nature awareness programs. His first book, Sharing Nature with Children, “sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education” and has been published in twenty languages and sold half a million copies. He is the honorary president of Sharing Nature Association of Japan, which has 10,000 members
and 35,000 trained leaders.
He the author of the Sharing Nature Book Series, used by millions of parents, educators, naturalists, and youth and religious leaders all over the world. Mr. Cornell’s books, Listening to Nature and The Sky and Earth Touched Me, have inspired thousands of adults to deepen their relationship with nature. Two recent books of his: The Sky and Earth Touched Me and Sharing Nature were awarded Indie Book Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service selected Mr. Cornell’s Sharing Nature with Children as one of the fifteen most influential books published since 1890 for connecting children and families to nature. His highly effective outdoor learning strategy, Flow Learning™, was featured by the U.S. National Park Service as one of five recommended learning theories, along with the works of Maria Montessori, Howard Gardner, John Dewey, and Jean Piaget.
Mr. Cornell has received many international awards for his Sharing Nature books and work. He received the prestigious Countess Sonja-Bernadotte Prize in Germany for his vast influence on environmental education in Central Europe. In 2011 Cornell was selected as one of the world’s “100 most influential opinion leaders committed to the Environment” by the French organization, Les Anges Gardiens de la Planète.
Known for his warmth and joyful enthusiasm, Cornell “has a genius for finding the essence of a subject, explaining it in clear and compelling ways, and then giving the reader creative exercises to gain an actual experience.”
Ananda Village
Joseph his wife, Anandi, are residents of Ananda Village, a 700-acre cooperative community located in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California. Based on the principles of simple living and high thinking, Ananda is one of the most successful intentional communities in the world. Through its retreat centers, Living Wisdom Schools, beautiful gardens, organic farming, publications, online classes, and example of living in harmony with nature and with one another, Ananda serves visitors from all over the world. Founded in 1969 by Swami Kriyananda, Ananda practices the universal teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda
For more information: anandavillage.org