By Sitting, Listening, Reading, and ConversingPart I: # 1 – 3 1. Listen to Birds In a new study, four German scientists demonstrated that listening to bird song reduces depression, anxiety, and paranoia (Stobbe et al. 2022). It is yet another confirmation that being… Continue Reading “Three Easy Ways to Live Longer, Happier”
Category: Reconnecting to Nature, Reconnecting with SelfTags: 381st Bomb Group, bird song, birds, Cambridge, Charles L Halsey, conversation, history, listening, Richard Louv, Ridgewell, talking
The Light of California There was no mistaking who he was that morning of June 13, 2005, when I turned my car into the Sweetwater River overlook parking lot off Interstate 8 in the wilds of eastern San Diego County. He had on his… Continue Reading “Huell Howser – Choosing to See the Joy”
How did Nature ever survive without us? This is a question those who eagerly manipulate wildlands need to ask themselves, be they from environmental management organizations like California State Parks and the Nature Conservancy, or fire agencies like Cal Fire and the US Forest… Continue Reading “New Video – California Chaparral: The Most Underrated Biome”
Category: chaparral biome, Climate Change, Fire, Misconceptions, Native Animals, Native Plants, Reconnecting to Nature, Value of Native SpeciesTags: Cal Fire, California State Parks, chaparral, chaparral biome, human-centric, Jack 4 the Planet, Nature Conservancy, Richard Halsey, US Forest Service