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Being in Nature: Good for Mind, Body and Nutrition

Academy of Natural Sciences

In late 2020, Canadian doctors made headlines for “ prescribing nature ,” or recommending time outdoors, based on research that suggests people who spent two or more hours in nature per week improved their health and wellbeing. The data were collected between May and August 2017.

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Barbara Burlingame – Unraveling the power of traditional food systems and sustainable diets

Frontiers

Her research predominantly focuses on nutrition science, and she is also involved in nutrition policy research at the global level. At the moment, my main areas cover food composition, biodiversity for food and nutrition, human nutrient requirements, dietary assessments, and sustainable diets.

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Children’s Developing Brains Need Protection from Pollutants

Union of Concerned Scientists

In her book, A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind , science writer Harriet Washington makes the case that environmental assaults on the developing brain—that are disproportionately inflicted on communities of color—can have lifelong implications.

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Frontiers for Young Minds celebrates 15 million article views!

Frontiers

2021 was quite a year for Frontiers for Young Minds ! By Ayelet Vardi Reaching 15 million article views is an exciting moment for us at Frontiers for Young Minds. Did you know that Frontiers for Young Minds also has Hebrew (451 translated articles) and Arabic (150 translated articles) versions?

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DEP: $5 Million In Grants Recommended To Support Mitigation Projects In Beaver County Related To Shell Petrochemical Plant Environmental Violations + Shell Paid Total Penalties Of $7,606,027.75

PA Environment Daily

Projects include upgrades to a community park in Monaca, renovating an emergency women’s shelter to support victims of domestic violence, a solar array on the News Tribune building in Beaver Falls that will help power a local museum, and projects to protect water quality in the Beaver area. Read more here. Read more here. Josh Shapiro.

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Engaging Mindfully with Nature

Academy of Natural Sciences

Being outdoors in parks, preserves or even your own backyard has overwhelmingly positive benefits , such as promoting better nutritional intake, relaxing the body and giving our busy minds a moment of peace. Many studies have found that getting outside can improve our health and restore our feelings of connection to nature.

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

4] Our prosperity is made possible by using energy and machines so fewer and fewer of us have to produce food, energy, and consumer products, and more and more of us can do work that requires greater use of our minds and that even offers meaning and purpose to our lives. Shellenberger Submitted by: Michael D. and around the world.