Laura CháveZ Silverman

The Outside Institute

Through The Outside Institute, which I founded in 2017, I help people connect to the healing and transformative powers of Nature. By combating plant blindness and nurturing humanity's innate affinity for the wild, I strive to inspire joyful awareness and an essential reciprocity between all beings. The hope is that by tapping into curiosity and a sense of wonder, people will gain new interest, understanding, respect and love for the land.

In addition to offering in-person nature-based education, we have published three regional field guides that also include foraging, culinary, folk and craft information to help readers engage with flora, fauna and fungi in a deeper way.