Get Green Time to Promote Health
“Don’t just think outside of the box, get outside of the box. Those four walls are causing nature deficit disorder, damaging brain functioning and overall well-being, say experts. Wake up to the wilderness and boost your brain with nature’s restorative qualities, including increased health, happiness and vitality.”
Take a Hike: How to Make Being Outdoors In
As gaming devices supplant games of catch, schools counter nature-deficit disorder with outdoor experiences
Putting Price Tags on Views of Central Park
“What is an address along Central Park worth? A new report finds that the price of the typical apartment sold in buildings that border New York’s most famous swatch of green was more than double that for apartments in surrounding neighborhoods last year.”
Ithaca Mayor Turns Parking into Park
“After Svante Myrick, 25, became the youngest-ever mayor of Ithaca, N.Y., he gave up his car to join the estimated 15 percent of his city’s residents who walk to work. As mayor, however, Myrick has a prime downtown parking spot reserved for his exclusive use. So instead of letting it stand empty, last week he began to, as he put it, “turn the Mayor’s parking space into a park space.—
You Can Identify Poor Areas From Space
“Rich urban areas have way, way more trees than poor areas in the same city. In fact, the difference is so stark that income inequality can be seen from space.”
