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Make Your Own Pumpkin Bird Feeder
Turn your favorite autumnal gourd into a feast for your feathered friends.
Greener Childhood, Happier Adulthood
Access to green space during childhood may lower the incidence of mental-health issues later on, according to a recent study.
What Are the Benefits of Walking With Trekking Poles?
The hiking community is divided on the potential benefits of trekking poles. Our expert weighs in.
How to Be a Citizen Scientist
Participating in research projects can connect you with nature, fight climate change, and strengthen your community.
The Benefits of Forest Bathing
A shinrin-yoku retreat provides opportunities to rebuild a healthy connection with nature and improve your well-being.
How to Create a Low-Mosquito Garden
Want to keep these pesky insects at bay? Here are nine plants that repel mosquitoes — naturally.
How Walking Can Be Used as a Sacred Practice for Healing
When a back injury made her desk job impossible, psychotherapist Susan Scott discovered the best medicine of all: a walk in the woods.
Guided by Nature
Explorer Tristan Gooley on how to plot a course using the sun, stars, sea, weather, plants and animals as your guides.
Hiking the Appalachian Trail
No matter how far you hike, the Appalachian Trail serves as a reminder that any journey begins with a single step.
How Nature Boosts Your Health
Digging in the garden, walking by a river, and enjoying some sun during lunch do more than just lift your spirits — they’re good for your physical health, too.
An Herb Garden for Beginners
Basil, chives, parsley, and thyme are great herbs for new gardeners.
Want to Feel More Body Positive? Get Out in Nature.
Research indicates that exposure to natural settings might boost your body image.
Find Nature Near You
These tips can help you spy wildflowers, bees, and butterflies near you.
5 Elements for 5 Seasons
How getting in touch with wood, fire, earth, metal, and water can improve your health.
Cross-Training in the Garden: A Lesson From Alignment to Zucchini
Movement ecologist Katy Bowman offers 9 tips on how to cross-train in the garden.
4 Ways to Be a Good Water Citizen
Simple tips to help you break the bottled-water habit and protect our groundwater.
Troubled Waters: Strategies to Conserve and Protect This Vital Resource
Here’s what you can do to help protect and preserve this critical resource.
A Friend to the Bees: Mikaila Ulmer
This 12-year-old entrepreneur seeks to help support the declining bee population with her family’s lemonade recipe.
The Mental-Health Benefits of Bird Watching
New research shows that living near a natural setting isn’t just good for the birds.
41 Things I Learned by Walking 41 Miles* Through My Community to Celebrate Turning 41
Katy Bowman recaps the lessons she learned while walking 41 miles in search of local food and small-scale farmers.