Course Description

Course Description

Combining the recorded Nurture Nature television show with written guidance, LoraKim Joyner hosts this free introductory course as a 4-part journey through the five natural intelligences that connect you deeply to life, and nurture and empower you.

  1. Emotional and Social Intelligence
  2. Multispecies Intelligence
  3. Ecological Intelligence
  4. Spiritual Intelligence.

Each of the 4 modules is a recording of the Nurture Nature Show. Each module/show comes with reflection questions and suggested actions. These reflection questions are intended as private journaling exercises or conversation guides with others. For certification we ask that you respond in writing to one reflection question per module (a total of 4), as well as select one suggested action to complete (and then write a 300-500 word essay describing that experience). Please include this as one document and submit it to LoraKim Joyner and the Nurture Nature Academy will email a certificate back to you. Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner will personally review your document. We ask that if you are a Facilitator for a Nurture Nature Community that you complete this course.



Rev. LoraKim Joyner, D.V.M.

LoraKim Joyner

Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner is a wildlife veterinarian, Unitarian Universalist minister, and NonViolent Communication certified trainer. She combines these experiences along with over 30 years as a conservationist and wildlife veterinarian to lead One Earth Conservation’s teams that empower the people saving the planet.Together they have developed the Nurture Nature Program that is founded on LoraKim’s conviction that every being has inherent worth and dignity.She travels extensively supporting individuals, groups, and organizations to build communities of resilience, resistance, and solidarity. Her work in Latin America portrays her deep commitment to all within the biotic community, especially those whose voices are silenced. With them, she bears witness to the beauty and plight of the parrots and people there, celebrating what they can do together. One Earth's projects occur in Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Guyana. LoraKim Joyner is an Adjunct Professor at Meadville Lombard Theological School.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Module 1 - Course Overview & Introduction to Nurturing Nature

    • Overview of Course & Introduction to Nurturing Nature

    • Introduction to Nurturing Nature

    • Nurture Nature Guide
  • 2

    Module 2 - Emotional and Social Intelligence through Compassionate Communication

    • Instructions

    • Emotional and Social Intelligence through Compassionate Communication

    • Reflection Questions

    • Suggested Actions
  • 3

    Module 3 - Multispecies Intelligence

    • Instructions

    • Multispecies Intelligence

    • Reflection Questions

    • Suggested Actions
  • 4

    Module 4 - Nurturing Wonder

    • Instructions

    • Ecological Intelligence through Nurturing Wonder

    • Reflection Questions

    • Suggested Actions
  • 5

    Module 5 - Spiritual Intelligence

    • Instructions

    • Spiritual Intelligence through the Heart of Lightness

    • Reflection Questions

    • Suggested Actions