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Biography

David Sobel is a Professor Emeritus in the Education Department at Antioch University New England in Keene, NH and he consults and speaks widely on child development and place-based education with schools, environmental organizations and the National Park Service. He has authored ten books and more than 90 articles focused on children and nature for educators, parents, environmentalists and school administrators in the last 30 years.

He has served on the editorial boards of Encounter, Community Works Journal, Orion Afield, and Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly. His articles and essays have appeared in Orion, Encounter, Sierra, Sanctuary, Wondertime, Green Teacher, Play Rights, Educational Leadership, and the Harvard Education Letter. His published books include Beyond Ecophobia and Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities published by the Orion Society, Childhood and Nature: Design Principles for Educators to be reissued in 2023, and Wild Play, Parenting Adventures in the Great Outdoors, published by Green Writers Press. He was recognized as one of the Daring Dozen educational leaders in the United States in 2007 by Edutopia magazine. Best Bike Rides in New England is his first bike travel guide and he hopes it's the first of many bike guidebooks.