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Bird-Friendly Gardens

May 29, 2020 ● By Sheryl DeVore

My gardening focus started changing from just planting for beauty to planting what’s beautiful that also helps birds and pollinators.

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Green Up Cities to Reduce Violent Crime

May 29, 2020

Green spaces in cities such as parks, community gardens and tree-lined streets lower the rate of violent crimes, make communities safer and keep people healthier.

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Wild Things: Wildness a Big Factor in Urban Parks

Apr 30, 2020

A study finds that wildness in urban areas is profoundly important for human well-being, impacting both physical and mental health.

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Brigit Strawbridge Howard on Rediscovering Nature

Mar 31, 2020 ● By April Thompson

Bee advocate, naturalist and author of Dancing with Bees: A Journey Back to Nature speaks of how immersing herself in the world of bees reawakened her connection to the natural world.

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Registration Open for Field Museum Summer Camps

Feb 29, 2020

Summer camp options for students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade offered by Chicago's Field Museum.

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Openlands Accepting Applications for Grants

Feb 29, 2020

Open space in our communities is a crucial element of the quality of our lives.

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Wild Animals Leave Clues to Their Presence

Jan 31, 2020

In natural areas, on driveways or in backyards, rabbits, mice, coyotes, foxes, birds and maybe even a mink leave signs of their presence with footprints in the snow.

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Green Therapy: Ecopsychology and the Nature Cure

Dec 30, 2019

Ecotherapy, green therapy or nature-based therapy, all branches of ecopsychology, is helping to connect people with nature as a means of healing physical and mental health.

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Three Tips For Finding Stillness In All The Noise

Sep 30, 2019 ● By Briana Bragg

In a world full of noise, technology, responsibilities and to-do lists, stillness can seem so far away and hard to find. As a society, we’ve cultivated a new normal where achieving and having more is the way of life, and finding time to take a pause seems taboo.

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Forest Bathing: Mother Nature’s Rx for Body and Mind

Jun 28, 2019 ● By Marlaina Donato

What was once called ‘walking in the woods’ has a new moniker – forest bathing – as well as new research showing its unique abilities to boost our health and mood.

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