Place-based education helps us appreciate where we are, and connects us into global issues. Understanding and experiencing the relationship between ourselves and our landscape contributes to a healthier future. Through this process we can reveal and work towards the distinct potential of each place.

Open Ground brings a place-based approach to ecological education and consultancy.  Based in Argyll, Scotland, we organize and deliver outdoor learning projects and action research.

Experience

Scottish land provides a rich ground for experiencing the depth of our relationship with landscape.  Getting outside and focusing on the places around us ties together ecology, history, and geography as we find them in our everyday lives.  Exploring our locality provides the chance for re-connection with the deeper forces which shape us: the elements, the land, the friendships that we depend on. 

Develop 

Through participative research, project evaluation and organizational development, Open Ground can help your organization grow.  We will draw out the ecological and cultural potential of your locality, helping you increase the well-being of both people and place. 

Sustain

Open Ground aims to work with individuals, schools and businesses for a more grounded sustainable way of life.