My journey began as a scout, where intuition and trust in the landscape became my first teachers long before classrooms did. Since then, I have spent decades exploring the relationship between people, landscapes and memory through environmental education, cultural heritage, experiential learning and community projects across Europe. What fascinates me most is the wisdom embedded in ancient rituals, forgotten paths and the ways our ancestors read the land. I see rituals not as relics of the past, but as ecological technologies, ways of paying attention, expressing gratitude and living within the rhythms of nature. My work invites people to slow down, play, observe and experience the world with curiosity rather than consumption. Whether guiding a forest immersion, mapping sacred landscapes, creating games in nature, or documenting traditional farming communities, I try to create experiences where people stop seeing themselves as visitors to nature and begin feeling part of it once again.

It all started with scouting, where I learnt cooperation, responsibility and care through tree planting, clean-up campaigns and outdoor experiences. A decade of NGO work in environment taught me to develop environmental education materials, coordinate projects, document high nature value farming communities, and facilitate workshops. My photographic journey led me to explore remote villages, land cults, rituals and hidden ecological knowledge. Within my own NGO, Fantazmagorija, I help create experiences connecting nature, creativity and imagination. Recent training experiences include NaturKultur TOT 'It's up to me' and Szatyor's EcoTOT. I have facilitated trainings, experiential learning programmes and outdoor education activities. Yet the deepest lesson remains that every forest is a classroom, every landscape is a library, and every walk through nature is an invitation to learn. My role is to create spaces where people open their inner eye and reconnect to everything around them.

tijanamitevska@yahoo.com