Getting Outside is Good For You. Fact.
The research is clear. Spending time outside is excellent for your mental and physical health, and is a wonderful way to connect with others.
Scroll below for ideas and inspiration for your Happiness and Health, some ideas to help get your kids out the door and into nature more, and so much more…
PHOTO CREDIT HEATHER WEAFER
HAPPINESS
Mary Oliver: A Seizure of Happiness, Brain Pickings
How Dirt Makes you Happy, Gardening.com
The Pursuit of Happiness, Outside Online
Do Trees On the Streets Make People Happy? BBC News
This is What Happiness Really Means, News Republic
6 Quick Happiness Fixes, Outside Online
Does Being Around Trees Make People Feel Good? Scientific American
10 Small, Unexpected, Things That Will Make You Happier, Fast Company
KIDS
If Children Lose Touch With Nature, They Won't Fight For It
It's Time To Rewild The Child, The Guardian
We need Fewer Exams and More Wilderness in Education, The Guardian
7 Science-Backed Reasons to Get Your Kids (and yourself) Outside, C&NN
Who Doesn't LOVE Sesame Street (video)?
Why Adults Have to Stop Trying So Darn Hard To Control How Kids Play, Washington Post
Hey Kids! Go Outside, Already, On Point
Every Heard of a Forest Kindergarten? Upworthy
Swapping Screen Time for Getting Dirty: Why Kids Need to Spend More Time Outside, Yes Magazine
Children Must Engage in Active Play, Liberty Voice
"Just Breathe" Helps Kids With Their Emotions, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls (Video)
State Park Passes Offer Healthy Prescription to get Kids More Active, BDN
How Green Spaces in Schools Improve Children's Memory and Attention, HuffPost
8 Science-Backed Reasons For Letting Your Kids Play Outdoors, Parent.co
Island Life Promotes Raising "Free-Range Kids", Island Institute
Try Out Slow Parenting, A Cup Of Jo
Saving Children From Nature Deficit Disorder, Daily Times
You're Raising Your Kids Wrong, and Fresh-Air Parenting Is The Solution, Outside Magazine
4 Crucial Ways That Playing Outdoors in Winter Benefits Children, Accuweather.com
PHOTO CREDIT MISH SOMMERS
PHOTO CREDIT MISH SOMMERS
HEALTH
The Health Benefits of Going Outside, The Atlantic
Nature Boosts the Health of Mind and Body, The Irish News
10 Questions That Will Transform Your Life, HuffPost
Walking or Cycling to Work Gives a "Wellbeing Boost", BBC
Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me In the Morning, Outside Online
A Dose of Nature: The Secret Prescription to Health and Happiness?
Walk in the Forest to Heal Oneself, Fractal Enlightenment
Why Walking Helps Us Think, NewYorker
Christopher McDougall Wants You To Go Outside, NY Times
Take Two Doses of Nature, and Call Me In The Morning, Washington Post
On Walking: The Radical Exercise Regime That Actually Will Save Your Life
Playing Outside is Good For Your Eyeballs, WABI
The Jaw-dropping Benefits of Cross-Country Skiing, The Globe & Mail
Why Temptation-Bundling is Better Than Willpower, Happier.com