The Science Behind How Nature Changes Your Brain
Talking a walk amongst plants is good for you in many ways, but why? This questions recently bothered some neuroscientists and they set out to answer it. It turns out…
Nature
Conor Enjoyed Nature With An Osprey Day In His "Back Yard" The North Riverfront Trail, Fredericton
Conor embraced his right to enjoy nature a couple of times today (so far) with fun walking and running in his “back yard” Fredericton’s North Riverfront Trail. He also took…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
It’s all about love, after all.
A Good City is an Environmentally Friendly One
The urban environment can benefit from more, well, environment. More research is coming out that proves something that many urbanites already know: where there is green there is more peace.…
The Anatomy Of The Earth Brought To Life
What a wonderful world! On TED Talk Tuesday, we get a glimpse of the amazing world that cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg brings to life. He describes his greatest satisfaction as creating…
Doctors Prescribing Nature
Doctor Robert Zarr prescribes walking in parks to his patients. Regular readers already know that the exposure to nature is beneficial in multiple ways for our physical and mental health.…
Why Do They Do It?
For the sheer joy of it, I suspect: To know and respect nature is to know and respect ourselves. All is connected. Recommend this Post
Are You A Birdbrain?
Watch this video to the end, and you will realize the question is not intended as an insult: Recommend this Post
Help Save The Monarch Butterfly: Plant Some Milkweed
A slightly different post today on the weekend. I’ve always loved Monarch Butterflies. When I was a kid, we picked milkweed with monarch caterpillars on them, put them into an…
Putting A Face On Minimum-Wage Poverty
Last evening I watched a fascinating documentary on PBS’ Nature* about the black crested macaque, a monkey that is endemic to rainforests in Indonesia, which includes the island of Sulawesi.…
Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten
H/t Catherin Bradbury ‘God save thee, ancient Mariner!From the fiends, that plague thee thus!—Why look’st thou so?’—With my cross-bowI shot the ALBATROSS. -excerpted from The Rime of The Ancient Mariner,…
Writings of J. Todd Ring 2013-11-12 19:39:07
Even “the wastes” of nature are never wasted, and never a waste. Time spent among chandeliers and caviar may be a waste; time spent chasing money or seeking status may…
Saturday At The Movies
I had the privilege of hearing several of the Council of Indigenous Grandmothers speak last weekend:
Saturday At The Movies
Hummingbirds are amazing – baby ones even more so!
Beauty of the Nature
Sometimes I try to forget the troubles of the world and enjoy nature on my long hikes. Here are some pictures I put together in a video format and added…
Saturday At The Movies
This beautiful video is set to the words theoretical physicist Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988). * * The Sagan Series is an educational project working in the hopes of promoting…
A Reminder Of Our Place
As our Cuban friends’ visit continues, we are trying to give them a sampling of life in Canada. Yesterday we went to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto; the first…
As We go Into The Weekend …
With thanks to Karen, I am reposting a poem that she left in the comment section of an earlier post. Karen writes, On Facebook I follow the goings on of…