Sentences with phrase «own connections to nature»

«There's vacant land, no gathering space, no connection to nature,» says Donald Carter, director of Carnegie Mellon's Remaking Cities Institute, who has advised Hsieh on his redevelopment plans.

«As mammals, we have a sort of sixth sense, some sort of connection to nature, and the weather influences how we feel and how we think,» Patel says.

To grow up in Canada is to inherit a privileged position for understanding modernity» sufficently distant from that hurtling spaceship of «the republic to our south,» while retaining (perhaps from connections to nature, to the history of France, and to Catholicism) a sharp, intuitive sense of what it once was like to be «premodern.»

And this in turn would undercut Derrida's claim that our language and culture lacks any normative connection to nature and history.

All of the axial religions, in fact, maintained some connection to nature's rhythms and cycles.

She has a deep connection to nature and a daily ritual of foot baths, lemon water in the morning and making a nightly hot water bottle (in the cooler months) I've carried on these rituals... but don't seem to get the foot baths in as often as she does.

Gardening can be such a wonderful and calming thing and an important connection to nature when many of us live in towns and cities.

«Cooking under the open stars with just the right tools in hand deepens our connection to nature in the most special of ways.

The body, mind, and spirit benefits from outdoor play are well - documented and numerous and create a lasting connection to nature and wildlife that will help you have a happier, healthier family.»

Christine: Your nominator said very eloquently that you try to «teach children a healthy connection to nature and a respect for the natural world» — how does that concept translate to your teaching?

What could be more magical than a preschool where each child's innate connection to nature is celebrated?

The most important part of Waldorf Education for Anna is the connection to nature and the sense of community.

Emphasizing to program participants and students how climate change is impacting the things that people care about (nature, water resources, and health) and appeal to the inherent human connection to nature.

Hanging a birdfeeder where children can watch it out the window is a great way to give children a connection to nature.

«These individuals, families, and groups help ensure that the hundreds of thousands of visitors to our properties each year have memorable experiences and forge their own connections to nature.»

When I began talking to my fellow volunteers and really dove into what the Nature Museum is about — preserving and protecting native Illinois wildlife while giving the public an opportunity for an authentic connection to nature — that is when I found that concentrating on a local level is much more approachable to someone like me, and probably you as well.

The Nature Museum has given visitors the opportunity to create an authentic connection to nature, and has provided the Academy with a new opportunity to build on its legacy of hands - on science education, scientific research, and citizen science.

«We welcome military families to visit our statewide network of wildlife sanctuaries, where they can discover the beauty of Massachusetts and make their own connections to nature,» said Gary Clayton, Vice President of Conservation Programs.

Those positions harkened back to her earliest connections to nature, Cushing recalled, «when I would visit my grandparents» home on the Cape, watching shorebirds and paddling through salt marshes.»

There was no backyard, but my mom, who has always felt a deep connection to nature, made sure that I was always exposed to some form of it.

My research has shown that, for people living in cities, watching garden birds increases their connection to nature and makes them feel relaxed.

They're a point of connection to nature and the outside world and our native wildlife.»

Many yoga postures are meant to embody different animals and help us remember our connection to nature.

In other words, a connection to nature contributes not only to greater physical well - being but mental, emotional, and spiritual health, too.

I hope you enjoy the fruits of greater connection to nature.

The extra duty and care is rewarded with the feelings of living in the now and greater connection to nature.

At that time she worked as a Research Biologist, and trail running was a way of life, connection to nature, and meditation.

And you know the human body's most basic connection to nature is supposed to be through our foods.

Obviously, as your mental focus improves and your nervous system calms down — you will notice a greater sense of connection to nature and spirit.

«It's an ability to see our connection to nature as this profound inseparable reality.

These work spaces are designed to foster community, ensure physical comfort, control noise levels, encourage activity and stretch breaks, eliminate toxins, and offer connections to nature.

For a bedroom with verdant views of the outdoors, a simple gray, white and blue palette keeps the emphasis on the room's connection to nature.

I'm always trying to grow and become a better human, and find meaning in my connection to nature and other humans.

They design and construct landscapes of beauty and meaning to support your connection to nature, loved ones, and good times.

In «Lo and Behold,» Herzog wonders if our culture is doing the reverse, losing its connection to nature as it creates a cyber-identity.

Perhaps intended as loving homage, «The Better Angels» instead borders deeply on self - serious parody, virtually utilizing a checklist of every stylistic trope Edwards» cinematic maharishi uses — hushed ponderous voice - over about the nature of life; that gliding camera; dancing wide - angle shots; jump cuts; dancing in fields; a spiritual connection to nature — and one by one employing them all without a trace of ironic self - awareness.

Based on a D. H. Lawrence novel of living free in a changing Britain and how that plays out sexually in such a suppressed society, we start with two good friends (Glenda Jackson and Jennie Lindon), a rougher contact in high society (Oliver Reed) and more open, freewheeling friend (Alan Bates) examining the slowly blooming new freedoms, their connection to nature, each other and what that portends for the future in this lush, warm, personal film that holds up extremely well today and has some of the best work of all involved.

Adding to the film's strangeness, the two characters also experience a bizarre physical and spiritual connection to nature through organisms such as blue orchids, worms, and pigs.

Richardson said: «That connection to nature is part of a healthy and satisfied life.

A team of researchers carried out a survey to study people's phone use and their connection to nature.

«All the way along the top surface of that continuum you've got these different models - whether it be a half hour, or an indoor / outdoor program, or a nature preschool... so they're all along the top in varying degrees of connection to nature.

The survey was completed online and used scales to measure people's phone use, connection to nature and personality and self - esteem.

One after one, participants responded with different answers: «Fun,» «internal accomplishments,» «adrenaline rush,» «connection to nature,» «to say he did it,» «flow,» and so on.

Since its founding in 2010, Weilenmann School of Discovery has continued to grow through opportunities for academic excellence, intellectual inquiry, artistic expression, creativity and discovery, and a strong connection to nature and the outdoors.

Engaging, safe and fun outdoor play spaces encourage future generations to develop lasting connections to nature and become committed stewards of the environment.

The connection to nature remains vital for breaks between classes, lunch beneath the oak trees, and class investigations of the rich natural environment.

-- should be front and center in people's brains; maybe such a connection to nature would help to make us more civilized.

So, in that sense, he's also my connection to nature; one of the few channels I have in this concrete jungle to love and appreciate other living things.

Louise has always felt a deep connection to nature.

In that paper, I described my childhood in L.A.'s «' cement society» and the important role of animals as a connection to nature, as companions, the «people - pet connection» and the need for «socialized veterinary medicine.»