{"id":1212,"date":"2016-04-20T09:17:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2016-04-20T09:17:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:17:15","slug":"the-john-muir-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/2016\/04\/20\/the-john-muir-award\/","title":{"rendered":"The John Muir Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

posted by Sheena Hardie, Friockheim Primary School
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\nThe John Muir Award is an environmental award scheme focused on wild places. It supports experiential learning and acknowledges and celebrates the achievement of young people beyond formal qualifications. It is an educational initiative of the John Muir Trust and it aims to encourage people of all backgrounds to connect with, enjoy and care for wild places.<\/p>\n

To achieve a John Muir Award each individual participant engages in a range of activities that encompass the following Four Challenges:<\/p>\n