Tag: nature deficit

The backyard rink: eco-friendly and fun!

An entertaining and healthy way to enjoy winter is to build and experience the fun of a rink. Constructing a modest rink is not difficult and it has numerous benefits.

Combating nature deficit disorder in winter

It’s cold outside so why send the children out to play? Aren’t they going to get sick, hurt themselves and come back cold and miserable? Actually -- just the opposite.

Candlewick: for the discriminating reader

It can be hard to find quality children's books dealing with the environment. Fortunately there's some excellent publishing providing us with alternatives.

Roots & Shoots: shaping tomorrow's conservationists

“There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationist themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren’t at the same time raising young people to be better stewards" Dr. Jane Goodall

Time to pull the plug on video gamers?

Is your family life being hijacked by excessive video game playing?

Dealing with enviro-anxiety

The environment is going to be on the curriculum as our children return to school. How do you head off anxiety caused by well meaning but sometimes disturbing lessons about the state of our planet?

Helping city kids rediscover nature

For five days in July the meadows, woods, lake and wetlands at Lake St. George Field School were the outdoor classroom for 21 inner-city kids from the Toronto region.

Outdoor enviro-activities for kids

Want to get your kids enthused about the environment? Try some of these fun outdoor activities that will help your kids connect to nature.