Charlie Malone is a long time, place-based, environmental outdoor educator committed to helping children and their families make passionate lifelong connections with the natural world. He grew up in New Haven messing around on the banks of the Mill River and dreaming about the Native American legend of Hobbomock, the Sleeping Giant, in the hills of Hamden. Through storytelling, play, nature study, making things and art, adventuring in the woods, and interacting with our local plants and animals, his highest hope is that your children will fall in love with the natural world and discover the true joys and pleasures of life.