Good Nature Travel Blog

  • News & More

    Vacations: Pain Relievers and Memory Retrievers

    Jun 3, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    If you’re like most working Americans, you probably don’t use all of the vacation time that’s available to you every year. Even if you do or if you’re now retired, it’s highly likely you don’t fully unplug while you’re away and off the clock.

  • News & More

    Witnessing Climate Whiplash

    Feb 11, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a recent NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. And 2024 has now officially taken over the title of hottest year on record from the former titleholder, 2023.

  • Conservation

    Social Media: Selfie Searches and Nature Successes

    Feb 4, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The ubiquitous social media in our lives has its benefits, including allowing us to interact quickly with our loved ones, network with our colleagues and share information almost instantaneously.

  • Conservation

    A Road Map for Curbing the Illegal Wildlife Trade

    Mar 22, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Just hearing the term “wildlife trade” brings to mind heart-wrenching photos of elephants who have been stripped of their tusks or pictures of rhinos without their horns. Actually, the definition of “wildlife trade” is more benign; it denotes any sale or exchange of wild animal and plant resources by people.

  • 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.

  • Conservation

    What Makes People Want to Save the Planet? Facts or Stories?

    Oct 5, 2021 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Now five decades old, the modern American environmental movement began in the 1960s and was sanctioned as an official epoch in 1970 with the creation of Earth Day by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. Since then, environmentalism has fluctuated in popularity; but by the 1990s, it had become somewhat trendy again.

  • 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.

  • Travel Tales

    Our Needs to Walk and to Talk Are Satisfied by Travel

    Oct 20, 2020 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The human body was designed to walk. In fact, humans walk better than any other species on Earth. And very few things in our lives boost health, instill creativity and relieve stress more than taking a stroll. We also have an innate human need to communicate with each other by talking.

  • Travel Tips

    Anticipation Is the Happiest Part of a Travel Journey

    Oct 2, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    There’s a lot to be said for spontaneity. It allows you to take advantage of opportunities that pop up and opens the door for creativity, flexibility and freshness. But I prefer to operate in planning mode, and I like to anticipate what’s coming up on my calendar.

  • Conservation

    Your Social Media Photos May Ruin the Last Hidden Places

    Apr 17, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The dangers of sharing wildlife photos on social media have been known since at least 2014: the geotags in your shared snapshots can lead poachers to their prey. Even in our national parks, sharing photos of wildlife sightings in real time can create mobs of people that stress wildlife.

  • Videos

    Video: The Case for Going on a Mind Trip

    Mar 2, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    There’s a type of trip you can go on anytime you want. It doesn’t cost anything, and it’s guaranteed to spark your creativity and to give you all the refreshment afforded by a typical vacation. It’s called daydreaming.