By Steve Taylor
Why is contact with nature so good for us?
In recent years, researchers have become aware of a powerful new kind of therapy, which is just as effective against depression as traditional psychotherapy or medication. And the amazing thing is that you don’t have to pay for this...
May
07
By Tim Lougheed
“From the freedom to explore comes the joy of learning.”
E.O. Wilson
Having already tested his parents’ indulgence by adopting snakes as companions, young Ed Wilson pressed his luck even further by raising black widow spiders, which he hand-fed with live insects. By...
Apr
13
“I’m not saying we don’t have our set of problems; we surely do. But ultimately, we knock them down.”
- Peter Diamandis
About Peter Diamandis
Mar
15
Toward a Post-Modern Environmentalism
Environmentalism is generally viewed as the movement designed to help protect and preserve the natural world around us, distinct from the artificial world of homes, neighborhoods and cities. This is an overly narrow view. Environmentalism needs to be extended...
Jan
17
Article reprinted with permission from Dr. Weil
What is animal assisted therapy?
Animal assisted therapy (AAT) uses trained animals to enhance an individual’s physical, emotional and social well-being, thus improving self-esteem, reducing anxiety and facilitating healing. The use of AAT...
Nov
08
Ecopsychology is a relatively new field of study that connects psychology and ecology. The basic concept is that human beings are evolved from and connected intrinsically to the natural world. As we allow ourselves to be disconnected from our natural world by immersion in the concrete jungle, we...
Sep
19
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, that gives birth to imagination.
Henry David Thoreau
It came to me while working in the garden how similar the lessons I learn here are to my practice of yoga. That can include, but not limited to, the physical actions...
Sep
08
Rather than valuing economic development (regardless of the environmental and psychological costs) as the supreme metric of progress, the concept of Gross National Happiness puts individual and collective wellbeing and happiness at the top of the priority list. A termed coined by the former King...
Sep
07
