Joseph Bharat Cornell is a nature educator in the United States. He was given the Indian name Bharat by his yoga teacher Swāmī Kriyānanda Giri.[citation needed] He wrote the book Sharing Nature with Children in the early 1970s to promote outdoor learning. His book had a large influence on education in the United States,[citation needed] and was translated into 15 languages with sales of half a million worldwide.[1][2]
Cornell founded the "Sharing Nature Foundation" in 1979 to help his work in promoting nature education. He is still enthusiastic and involved in his work by holding activities and designing nature games for children.