outdoors
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COVID, climate, and equitable spaces: Why outdoor learning is more essential than ever
The founder of Green Schoolyards America on transforming how (and where) we teach kids.
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How do I explore the woods without ruining them?
You love to be in the woods, but you don’t feel like you belong there.
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How to make your New Year’s resolutions a little less self-centered
In 2018, try making your usual self improvement about world improvement. Maybe it'll stick this time.
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Americans like nature so much they spend more on outdoor recreation than on gas
An outdoors industry association says that we spend about $646 billion dollars every year on apparel, equipment, accessories, food, transportation, lodging and so forth.
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This robot enjoys nature for you while you’re stuck at your desk
Rat race getting you down? Shitty economy and lack of full-time benefits keeping you from that summer retreat you dreamed of? Fear not, you can have it all: the semi-stability of wage-slave employment and the idyll of skipping stones through a perfect Idaho pond. Skippy the stone-skipping robot’s here to help you out. See, you […]
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Google is making a Street View for hiking trails
Lucky Google employees get to hike around all day with a camera and call it work, so that you can know what to expect when you get out on the trail.
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Wilderness therapist: Good job or BEST job?
Wilderness therapy involves taking kids out into nature. Which, some studies suggest, is not only beneficial for children with difficulties like ADHD, but might actually be necessary for most of us to remain productive and functional human beings.