Living in the Fields

Finding Healing in Nature

A dirt path winding through a dense forest with sunlight filtering through tall trees and illuminating green ferns and moss.
Breathe deeply and find calm and connection

Book Recommendations

If you’re seeking to explore the healing aspects of nature through literature, consider the following recommendations:

  1. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams

    This book delves into the science behind nature’s positive effects on the mind and body.
  2. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv

    A compelling argument for reconnecting children with nature and the benefits it brings to their development.
  3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    A beautiful blend of Indigenous wisdom and scientific knowledge about the natural world.
  4. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben

    Discover the complex social networks of trees and how they connect with their environment.
  5. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

    A meditative narrative reflecting on the beauty and complexity of the natural world.
  • Electric Vehicles, the Good and the Bad

    Electric Vehicles, the Good and the Bad

    There are legitimate concerns regarding electric vehicles but overall the good definitely outweighs the bad. Good Bad reduce environmental impact uses fossil fuels and rare minerals in production reduce fuel costs can be expensive electricity is renewable takes time to charge less maintenance limited range better performance charging stations not always convenient Can charge at…

  • Becoming a Climate Champion

    Becoming a Climate Champion

    We can alter the course of climate change but we need to act now. All of us have observed the climate related destruction going on in the world just in the last month. We have seen extreme fires in California threatening the Giant Sequias, flooding and heat waves on the east coast, the highest temperature…

  • !!!CALL TO ACTION!!!

    !!!CALL TO ACTION!!!

    Did you happen to read the article in Time Magazine about what our world might look like in 2050 if we don’t start making some big changes now? Well, it was very interesting and very depressing. Many of us will still be around in 28 years (hopefully). Here is a link to the article: https://time.com/5824295/climate-change-future-possibilities/…

  • Making Better School Lunches

    When I send my kids off to school I want to make sure they have healthy and satisfying lunches, along with them knowing that they are loved. Ideally, there is some thought put into their lunches instead of it becoming another chore to do day after day, which it definitely does become ever so often.…

  • Vacations Make Kids Smarter – Let’s Go!

    With spring break just around the corner, the news has been reporting about how travel can educate your children in different ways. I found a blog post on the topic from http://www.sheknows.com which discusses research from the U.S. Department of Education’s finding on the topic in How vacations make kids smarter. The good news is that…

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