Tag: nature
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...
Why the Pilgrims were actually able to survive
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Sometime in the autumn of 1621, a group of English...
The Amish live simply, but don’t confuse them with environmentalists
David McConnell, The College of Wooster and Marilyn Loveless, The College of Wooster
In recent decades, many popular myths about the Amish – that they...
Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and...
Brad Daniel, Montreat College; Andrew Bobilya, Western Carolina University, and Ken Kalisch, Montreat College
Today Americans live in a world that thrives on being busy,...
Rural America: Where Sam Shepard’s roots ran deepest
John J. Winters, Bridgewater State University
When Sam Shepard died on July 27 the world lost one of the greatest playwrights of the past half-century....
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
