Students and Nature

Be Out There: The Ten Reasons Parents Should Care About Outdoor Time For Kids

The National Wildlife Federation’s new Be Out There Campaign aims to educate tens of million of U.S. moms and dads on the importance of helping their kids have more time outdoors and providing tools to do so. Read more

October 11: Have You Hugged Your Wildlife Refuge Today?

National Wildlife Refuge Week started today–a great time of year to get outdoors and the natural world. In a press release about the Week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said: “President Teddy … Read more

NWF and Where The Wild Things Are

NWF has always been about “wild things,” so our latest partnership is especially exciting! The National Wildlife Federation has teamed with the upcoming feature film Where the Wild Things Are, … Read more

Interior Secetary: Kids Spending Just Four Minutes A Day Playing Outdoors

Can you imagine a world where people no longer care about wildlife or nature? Many of us may feel there is already too little concern for nature but that could get worse … Read more

Outdoor Kids: Stillness

Stillness. What feelings or pictures does that word conjure up for you? Maybe vacation. Maybe hugging your child, grandchild, niece or nephew. Maybe reading a good book in a favorite … Read more

Ranger Rick: Behind the Scenes

Find out what it was really like interviewing people whose co-workers are dogs, whales and penguins! Read more

Consequences

The current generation of college students and young professionals will be the ones to pay the price for the catastrophic climate change that's already affecting our planet. So really it's … Read more

When Words Become Endangered: Oxford Junior Dictionary Removes Nature Words

Noted Washington naturalist Robert Pyle once asked, “What is the extinction of a condor to a child who has never seen a wren?” In other words, if children can’t recognize … Read more

Outdoor Kids: The Space In Between

Rebecca Cohen finds time–even in the midst of her family’s busy schedules–for nature. Read more

Shop Class Saves Electricity

NWF September 29, 2009 Energy is no longer being wasted by lights left on at the Kwantlen College Polytechnic University’s Cloverdale campus (BC, Canada) thanks to a simple, yet effective … Read more