Month: April 2020

Next Generation Ecologists: Raising Our Kids to Care about the Planet

April 22, 2020

Today is Earth Day! How are you celebrating? This past weekend we were watching a nature documentary. Jealous of the photojournalists, I turned to my husband, “Can you believe that is their real-life job?” We started talking about what it would take to be an ecologist or photojournalist for National Geographic (the pipe dream of … More Next Generation Ecologists: Raising Our Kids to Care about the Planet

Coronavirus Course Correction

April 12, 2020

You’ve probably seen that nefarious thorny blob, the microscopic representation of the coronavirus. While these days anyone mentioning “coronavirus” is likely talking about COVID-19 and the global pandemic we’re currently going through (even typing that is weird – is this real life?), the name coronavirus is actually more of classification describing a range of respiratory … More Coronavirus Course Correction

Reading Goals

April 10, 2020

In sheer Target runs alone I’m gaining a few hours a week with this quarantine. Might as well use it to accomplish some goals. Here are the books I’ve been meaning to read: Beckoff, Marc – Rewilding Our Hearts Carson, Rachel – The Sense of WonderΒ  Cobb, Edith – The Ecology of ImaginationΒ  Konner, Melvin … More Reading Goals

How to Encourage Wild and Free Learning When You’re Stuck at Home

April 9, 2020

Spring is a glorious time for nature exploration. But how can we give our children access to nature when public parks are closed, trails roped off, and #socialdistancing limiting excursions? As part of my “Quarantine Reading List”, I recently finished The Geography of Childhood by Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen Trimble, which emphasized children’s developmental … More How to Encourage Wild and Free Learning When You’re Stuck at Home