Tag: Parks
Food forests are bringing shade and sustenance to US cities, one...
Karen A. Spiller, University of New Hampshire and Prakash Kashwan, Brandeis University
More than half of all people on...
Protecting 30% of Earth’s surface for nature means thinking about connections...
Veronica Frans, Michigan State University and Jianguo "Jack" Liu, Michigan State University
A biodiversity crisis is reducing the variety...
4 New Year’s resolutions for a healthier environment in 2022
Viniece Jennings, Agnes Scott College
When many people think of New Year’s resolutions, they brainstorm ways to improve themselves...
Don’t hike so close to me: How the presence of humans...
Jeremy Dertien, Clemson University ; Courtney Larson, University of Wyoming, and Sarah Reed, Colorado State University
Millions of Americans...
People take better care of public places when they feel like...
Suzanne Shu, Cornell University
Takeaways
· People can feel “psychological ownership,” a sense of personal attachment, even for parks and other public places.
· These feelings lead...
Cities can help migrating birds on their way by planting more...
Frank La Sorte, Cornell University
Millions of birds travel between their breeding and wintering grounds during spring and autumn migration, creating one of the greatest...
Connecting to nature is good for kids – but they may...
Louise Chawla, University of Colorado Boulder
As an environmental psychologist who works to improve young people’s access to nature, I recently completed a review that...
Twitter posts show that people are profoundly sad – and are...
Joe Roman, University of Vermont and Taylor Ricketts, University of Vermont
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is the deepest and longest period of...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
