Their findings may inform policies for urban planning and education for the improvement of human health. Although access to nature is a basic human right, people's actual use of green spaces is ...

“Nature is so foundational to many of the disciplines that are taught in school, from science to art,” said MetroParks Outdoor Education Coordinator Pam Lyons Gromen. “The teachers who are ...

Not only is it really pretty, but it also offers affordable nature education opportunities for kids and families. The park ...

Helping students develop a love of place at an early age builds community. It was a perfect spring day in May as my students settled onto their stools, made of overturned plastic buckets.

Two classrooms were filled with community members to standing-room only capacity Friday. The reason they were there was a celebration of the official opening of the Boone County Nature School on ...

and that nature relatedness was stronger the older the respondents were. "This shows how important effective environmental education for all generations is," says Uchiyama. However, the baseline ...