I like to play indoors better ’cause that’s where all the electrical outlets are.
- A fourth-grader in San Diego
Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water-bugs, tadpoles, frogs and mud-turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb, brooks to wade in, water-lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to [...]

Tags: ADD, ADHD, book review, nature

Here’s an interesting twist to the way humans affect the environment: Deforestation May Make Humans More Vulnerable To Infection
Classic theory holds that disease is a part of the proximity to the forest. Therefore, moving the forest farther away (by destroying it) will reduce the incidence of infectious disease. On the surface, it makes [...]

Tags: deforestation, illness, immunity, nature

This study came out a few days ago: Americans Brush Off Call of the Wild for Allure of Electronics, Study Suggests; (Study Abstract)
Experts report that the typical American spends up to 25% less time in nature than in 1987, and time spent in nature dropped by about 1% annually since then.
The researchers tracked visits to [...]

Tags: computer, Internet, nature, obesity, television

How about some environmental discussion today? I’m pretty serious about protecting the environment and not wasting needlessly. I try to protect our natural resources and don’t buy stuff that I don’t need. I have EcoBags that I take to the grocery so I can reuse them, instead of throwing away yet more [...]

Tags: deforestation, forest, nature, plastic

Here’s a disconcerting article from Science Daily: 100 percent of people carry at least 1 type of pesticide.
…found that 100% of Spaniards analyzed had at least one kind of persistent organic compound (POC´s), substances internationally classified as potentially harmful to one’s health, in their bodies. These substances enter the body trough food, water or even [...]

Tags: nature, organic, pesticide