What You'll Take Away From This Session
Deepen Your Understanding Explore the emerging field of Eco Gerontology, Care Outdoors, Nature Connectedness, and Reciprocal-Shared Care, and discover their relevance to aging, care, and community wellbeing.
Explore Practical Applications Identify opportunities to integrate Nature-based approaches into your professional practice, educational programs, care settings, or community initiatives.
Receive Personalized Guidance Bring your questions, ideas, and professional interests into a supportive, one-to-one learning experience tailored to your goals and experience.
Identify Your Next Steps Leave with fresh perspectives, practical ideas, and opportunities for continued learning and professional growth. Continue Learning Beyond Our Session Receive a personalized follow-up email with relevant research, educational resources, recommended readings, and guidance to support your next steps.
Meet Your Guide
Monica Eastway, M.S.
Eco Gerontologist & Professional Learning Specialist
Monica Eastway, M.S., is an Eco Gerontologist, educator, and founder of The Eco Gerontology Initiative. Recognized as a pioneer in the emerging field of Eco Gerontology, her work explores how relationships between people, communities, and the living world shape wellbeing across the lifespan. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates insights from Gerontology, Deep Ecology, Nature Connectedness, Green Care, and Bioregionalism. Over the past three decades, Monica has worked alongside older adults, caregivers, healthcare professionals, educators, universities, community organizations, to develop innovative approaches that support wellbeing, quality of life, and meaningful contributions throughout the life course. As the facilitator of Care Outdoors Companion Training and Eco Gerontology Foundational Certificate, she is committed to creating engaging educational experiences that translate research into practical action. Through The Eco Gerontology Initiative, Monica advances research, education, and practice that places Nature at the heart of how we understand, support and design for aging, for living, in our rapidly changing world.
Why This Matters Right Now
If you're working in aging services, education, or community care, you may recognize that traditional approaches often overlook our relationship with Nature and its importance to health, wellbeing, and quality of life for all ages. Eco Gerontology offers an emerging, interdisciplinary approach that places our relationship with Nature, with Home, at the heart of how we understand, support, and design for aging and living in our rapidly uncertain changing world. This is an opportunity for personalized professional learning, guided by your interests, questions, and goals. During our 60-minute session, we'll explore Eco Gerontology, Care Outdoors, and opportunities to integrate Nature Connectedness and Reciprocal-Shared Care into your professional practice, programs, or community. Whether you're discovering Eco Gerontology for the first time or seeking to deepen your understanding and application, this learning experience is designed to meet you where you are. You'll also receive a personalized follow-up with relevant research, educational resources, and guidance to support your continued learning and next steps.