Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Sounds of Spring: Not Silent Yet

    Mar 15, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    For me, spring and Rachel Carson are inextricably linked. In her visionary, 1962 book, Silent Spring, Carson—a marine biologist and environmental trailblazer—wrote: “Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty…

  • Conservation

    30 x 30: Conserving 30 Percent of U.S. Lands by 2030

    Mar 8, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The Half Earth theory—setting aside 50 percent of the world for wildlife—seemed like a far-out pipe dream when it was proposed by evolutionary biologist and author Edward O. Wilson in his 2016 book, Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life.

  • News & More

    Nature Is Good for Your Brain—and Body Image

    Feb 1, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Nature’s got a lot going for it—and for us. Seeing a breathtaking landscape or experiencing a natural phenomenon typically leaves us feeling appreciative, humbled and filled with awe.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Nature Is a “Happy Place” for Children

    Jun 15, 2021 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    When children were recently asked to draw their “happy places,” more than half of them created drawings that included aspects of nature and outdoor spaces, such as gardens, grass, lakes, outdoor playgrounds, parks, rainbows, rivers, sunlight or trees. Trees, in particular, were drawn by a third of the children.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    A City Park Visit Lifts Your Mood as Much as Christmas

    Dec 15, 2020 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Santa Claus has long been known as the world’s biggest spreader of happiness and joy, but he now has some competition when it comes to eliciting smiles on Christmas Day.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Connection with Nature as a Child Means a Healthier Adult

    Apr 7, 2020 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Seeking out the natural world—and the wildlife that occupies it—is a good way to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and its resultant shelter-in-place edicts. But now, there’s even more reason to indulge in the activity.