Tag: nature
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...
If you’re not getting enough nature during the lockdown, try bringing...
Kevin Nute, University of Hawaii
Pandemics change everything, including the way we design buildings.
After the 1918 Spanish flu and the scourge of tuberculosis, there was...
Mothers behind bars nurture relationships with visitors in this unusual prison...
Julie Stevens, Iowa State University
Leaves are rustling. You can hear the sound of children kicking a ball, plinking the keys of a toy xylophone....
The impulse to garden in hard times has deep roots
Jennifer Atkinson, University of Washington
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of...
In dandelions and fireflies, artists try to make sense of climate...
Kate Flint, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Climate change is real, it’s accelerating and it’s terrifying. We are...
What happens when a raindrop hits a puddle?
Nate Barlow, Rochester Institute of Technology
Have you ever taken a walk through the rain on a warm spring day and seen that perfect puddle?...
5 ways summer camp makes a difference – and what to...
Daniel J Richmond, University of Utah and Robert Warner, University of Utah
In popular culture, summer camp is often portrayed as a place where pranks...
Thoreau’s great insight for the Anthropocene: Wildness is an attitude, not...
Robert M. Thorson, University of Connecticut
When Americans quote writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, they often reach for his assertion that “In Wildness is...