HAWKs is intersecting childhood enrichment, youth mental wellness and environmental stewardship bringing children back to the ...

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, every 8th grader learns to canoe in the Grand River. Milwaukee’s public school district is now home to five new greenspaces. In Austin, nature-based learning is integrated ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

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Anyone with kids knows that the outdoors can be the antidote to plenty of parenting woes: The rumble of a sidewalk puts a baby to sleep in a stroller, a few minutes in the dirt helps cool off toddler ...

I’m writing this on Earth Day 2023, at a time when too many kids have deep worries about the future, and when most people realize that kids, communities, and the planet need more of the confidence, ...