Second Edition
What if You Could Email A Tree?
September 7, 2020
By Ashley Lin | If you don’t know the name of the tree outside your house or apartment (or don’t know if there is a tree outside your window), you’re ...
Book Review: The Hyena Scientist
September 6, 2020
Review by Marion Reynolds | Science journalist Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop’s latest addition to the Scientist in the Field series, The Hyena Scientist dispels myths and misunderstandings about ...
Humor for Climate and Social Transformation
August 11, 2020
By Janot Mendler de Suarez and Pablo Suarez | What does humor have to do with serious stuff like climate change and environmental justice? Short answer: everything. Most people associate ...
The Elephant-Human Relations Aid Program: Projects and Empathy for a Neighborhood of Friends
August 11, 2020
By Osita Achufusi | 415,000. That\'s how many African elephants are left in the wild as of 2018, according to the World Wildlife Foundation. While this may seem like a ...
When Young People Worry About Climate Change
August 11, 2020
By Maria Ojala | Many young people today worry about climate change and what is happening to our planet. And those who worry cope in very different ways. Some ways ...
Overcoming Racism to Recolor the Outdoors
July 7, 2020
By W. George Scarlett |
There’s a certain irony in the fact that where we find the most diversity in life forms, in nature, we find the least diversity in ...
Featured Artist: Jimmy Rouse
June 2, 2020
Images and stories by Jimmy Rouse | “In the painting, those are my two grandchildren charging up the hill. The painting is a homage to an early painting hero of ...
Wonder and Earth Stewardship
June 2, 2020
By Lisa Sideris | The connection between wonder and children and childlike states is one we often take for granted. Yet wonder is also the province of scientists whose expert ...
How Helping Children Connect to Nature Can Soften the Impact of the Coronavirus Crisis
April 9, 2020
By Ashley Lin | What can we do when the world is turned upside-down? How do we help young people grapple with the uncertainty, stress, and anxiety that is a ...
Beyond Wonder and Care – Becoming a Green Thinker
April 8, 2020
By Tina Grotzer | I grew up in a rural environment with woods and streams all around me. Others would say that we were poor, but I never felt impoverished. ...
From Pets to Pathways for Becoming Earth Stewards
February 25, 2020
By Megan Mueller |
What is it about our relationships with pets that make them so enduring, and how do they connect us to the wider, natural world – making ...