Resources and Links

Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Child

by Angela J Hanscom. 2019.

Written by an Occupational Therapist who has taken OT therapy OUTSIDE.

Children and Nature Network

https://www.childrenandnature.org/ http://mncnc.org/

The Children & Nature Network curates and summarizes peer-reviewed scientific literature to help build the evidence base for advancing the children and nature movement.

https://www.childrenandnature.org/resources/a-natural-remedy-for-social-workers-striving-to-help-keep-kids-out-of-foster-care-nature-based-interventions-can-be-a-powerful-tool/?mc_cid=cfbb324ec1&mc_eid=e3f542e54c

December 2022 article: A natural remedy: For social workers striving to help keep kids out of foster care, nature-based interventions can be a powerful tool

Climate Change and Happiness: An International Podcast

https://climatechangeandhappiness.com/

An international podcast that explores the personal side of climate change. "For people around the globe who are thinking deeply about the personal side of climate change, particularly their emotional responses and their feelings".

Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work that Reconnects

by Joanna Macy and Molly Brown. 2014.

The authors "show how grief, anger, and fear are healthy responses to threats to life, and when honored can free us from paralysis or panic, through the revolutionary practice of the Work that Reconnects" .

Nature-Based Therapy: A Practitioners Guide to Working Outdoors with Children, Youth and Families.

by Nevin Harper, Katheryn Rose and David Segal. 2019.

This book was published in 2019, by a university professor and counselors working in Victoria, Canada in a Nature-Based Therapy practice.

Nature's Benefits website

https://natureconnectionguide.com/natures-benefits/#toggle-id-2

Summary of the research related to the psychological and physiological benefits of exposure to nature.

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

by Katharine Hayhoe. 2021.

"When it comes to changing hearts and minds, facts are only one part of the equation. We need to find shared values in order to connect our unique identities to collective action. The most important thing we can do to combat climate change is talk about it. Hayhoe shares practical strategies to teach you how".