Called “Wildschooling” – it’s a new term to an old idea. Incorporating more nature into children’s everyday lives, even while schooling. ” Throughout the first five years of my older daughter’s life, I watched her dance through the clover, climb … Continued
A thought essay on experiencing the world like animals do, using their senses that we as humans, lack. “We could, instead, try to view them through their own eyes. In 1909, the biologist Jakob von Uexküll noted that every animal … Continued
Known for skiing and northern lights – it really puts on a show in Summer, too. Marcus Westberg writes: “Lately — especially during the last year, for reasons no longer necessary to explain — I have begun to explore the … Continued
Jeff Opperman is the global lead freshwater scientist for the World Wildlife Fund. He is the first author of the book “Floodplains.” He recently penned an article for the New York Times about the prevalence of natural terms, metaphors and … Continued
Popular Science recently published an article about a study conducted during the COVID shutdown on bird song. Anecdotally, people around the world reported more wildlife appearing in cities, but was that really a difference in their behavior or in our … Continued
Take a Breath and Look Around. It can be helpful to focus on the wonder of the natural world when so much of what is happening around us feels out of our control. Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil‘s new book aims to help … Continued
The Washington Post recently published an amusing article on bird watching from wherever you might call home. It’s easy to get into, and the popularity is exploding as we all try to #stayhome right now. “A Flying Start” by By Sadie … Continued
Patagonia and “Mountain Bike” magazine both published an essay from a Mountain Biker on why he no longer “poaches” trails designed for hikers only in Wilderness areas. By Michael Ferrentino THERE WAS NO DISCERNIBLE DIFFERENCE between the trail I had been … Continued
A new article by ‘The Atlantic’ explores how the quarantine time, while devastating to health and wealth across America – brings many back to a slower time. “With many workplaces shut down, with restaurants and movie theaters and printing shops … Continued
“Fourteen years ago, my book Last Child in the Woods introduced the term “nature-deficit disorder.” The term was new, but the trend (of alienation from the natural world) was not.” – Richard Louv If getting children out into nature is as … Continued