Tag Archive: nature

Nature Can Make Us Happier, Healthier, and Smarter

Catherine Sherriffs

There is something to be said for exchanging four walls and a smartboard for the outdoors. Nature, after all, is one of the world’s greatest classrooms. I recently attended the inauguration ceremony for an outdoor classroom built at my kids’ elementary school. They named it the “Nature and Curiosity Wild Space“. The timber frame structure…

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How Technology Is Copying Nature To Get Important Work Done

Somebody once told me that the most civilized model for business is nature. He told me if people would stop fighting nature and look to it instead for inspiration and common sense, they would find the answers they need to succeed. A successful businessman himself, James Cox runs Method Seven, a company that designs grow…
November 9, 2018
Catherine Sherriffs

Climate Change Predicted 200 Years Ago

Okay, that’s exaggerated a tad. Technically, it’s only been 171 years –  but the causes of climate change were studied and noted earlier than that. Since the conclusions were not published until 1844, we’ll have to go with the official date of the predictions. It’s most unfortunate that no one was paying much attention. They were far…
September 18, 2015
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