Henning Eichberg Outdoor activities, green education and landscaping = Zajęcia na świeżym powietrzu, "zielona" edukacja i krajobrazy Idō - Ruch dla Kultury : rocznik naukowy : [filozofia, nauka, tradycje wschodu, kultura, zdrowie, edukacja] 7, 132-142 2007 AKTYWNOŚĆ TURYSTYCZNA I TURYSTYKA KULTUROWA / TOURIST ACTIVITY AND CULTURAL TOURISM HENNING EICHBERG University of Southern Denmark Slagelse (Denmark) e-mail:
[email protected] 1 distribution prohibited distribution Outdoor activities, green education and landscaping / Zajęcia - na świeżym powietrzu, „zielona” edukacja i krajobrazy Submission: 3.10.2006, acceptance: 10.01.2007 Key words: nature, landscape planning, eco-sports, green sports, sports cross, scouting, wood- craft, Denmark Outdoor sport and activities in green nature are an important part of popular sport. But the practices of ‘green’ activity are diverse. The article describes the historical background of Danish outdoor sports, changing through 200 years. This has resulted in different models of practice with different educational consequences: traditional ‘outdoor life’, activities of mastering, sports cross, adventure sport, green healthy motion. These models have different consequences for the planning of landscape and for the understanding of ‘nature’: nature as ecology, as landscape, as scene, as world of activities, as cultural creation. Nature is not one, but a cultural diversity. War in nature, and peace with nature – two contrasting models ”There is a great portion of a Red Indian in every boy, the drift to experience nature. It This copy is for personal use only only use personal for is copy This is here that scouting enters, giving the boy a chance to experience all this, and by scouting - sport to create a counter-weight against the urban culture, which is unnatural and hinders his natural development… By daily practice and in small details, there will develop a union with nature and a respect of nature, which is expressed by not destroying it wherever it is possible.