An animal’s poop may seem like something to avoid, but it’s full of information about the creature that left it there.
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How gardening can make you happier and healthier.
Summer camps – long the stuff of American lore – can teach kids important life lessons as they have some fun along the way. Two experts on summer camp offer insight into what those lessons are.
Approximately 50% of the UK’s poorest people live over 15 miles from a national park and most people require transport to get to them.
Women and adolescent girls say that being outdoors in nature offers opportunities to gain confidence in physical activity.
On Black Friday, November 24, outdoor retailer REI will close its stores and urge customers to #OptOutside. But a historian calls this popular campaign light green environmentalism at best.
It’s not all child’s play.
Short-sightedness is a growing public health problem. Luckily, scientists are starting to find solutions.
Exposure to nature plays a positive role in brain development by providing children with opportunities to take risks, discover new things, and be creative.
What place does hunting have in our urbanized society? Is it acceptable to kill for fun? For conservation? Philosophy doesn’t have all the answers, but it can help us understand opposing views.
REI’s ‘Opt Outside’ campaign makes a virtue of shunning Black Friday and hiking instead of shopping. But while outdoor retailers preach sustainability, they still fuel our consuming habits.
‘Pokémon Go’ has the ability to make people wander around nature looking for fantasy creatures – but will this translate into people exploring real-life nature?
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
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Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion, Leeds Beckett University
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Instructor of Philosophy, Boston University
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W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History, Pomona College
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Professor of Architecture, University of Hawaii
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