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The Power of Outdoor Play- Great Southern Special Presentation
15 February 2012
Nature Play WA is teaming up with Kidsafe WA for a special presentation in the Great Southern region on Monday, 12 March 2012.
15 February 2012
Nature Play WA is teaming up with Kidsafe WA for a special presentation in the Great Southern region on Monday, 12 March 2012.
31 January 2012
Come and get your hands dirty at the Urban Orchard. The Summer Harvest and Planting Day is another opportunity for the public to take part in this popular quarterly event.
18 January 2012
This study suggested that childhood participation with nature may set an individual on a trajectory toward adult environmentalism. Specifically, childhood participation in “wild” nature such as hiking or playing in the woods, camping, and hunting or fishing, as well as participation with “domesticated” nature such as picking flowers or produce, planting trees or seeds, and caring for plants in childhood have a positive relationship to adult environmental attitudes. “Wild nature” participation is also positively associated with environmental behaviors while “domesticated nature” experiences are marginally related to environmental behaviors.
18 January 2012
Just five minutes of exercise a day in the great outdoors can improve mental health, according to a study, and policymakers should encourage more people to spend time in parks and gardens.
13 September 2011
A report commissioned by the Department of Sport and Recreation, Government of Western Australia.
08 August 2011
FREE-RANGE parenting or just plain irresponsible? Some WA parents want our kids to be free to explore.
04 July 2011
In March 2011 Plant Ark commissioned a study aimed at investigating how children interact and experience nature and how these interactions and experiences with nature are changing
25 May 2011
Nature Play WA CEO Griffin Longley spoke with ABC 720 Breakfast host Eoin Cameron on 24 May 2011 about the importance of nature play for kids.
05 May 2011
A literature review finding that increased contact with nature is associated with positive attributes of children’s health, behaviour and learning.
28 April 2011
Over 700 intrepid souls dragged themselves out of bed in the wee hours of the morning to cross the inky Indian Ocean and land on the shores of Rottnest for a special ANZAC Day experience.
20 April 2011
Tell us about your Nature Play Anzac Day Adventures and WIN GREAT PRIZES!
21 March 2011
This one-day symposium aims to equip you to be an advocate for our unique woodlands and their wildlife, so our grandchildren can enjoy them.
11 March 2011
An article by Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today, about a federal program resulting in nature prescriptions being issued to families.
11 March 2011
A Young Stars camp for boys aged 6–10 and their dads or male mentor will be held by the Pathways Foundation in May 2011.
16 February 2011
This article stresses the importance of play on the long-term development of children.
13 January 2011
Dr Doug McKenzie-Mohr, the author of Fostering Sustainable Behaviours and the developer of Community Based Social Marketing, is returning to Perth in early February to run an advanced Community-Based Social Marketing Workshop.
22 December 2010
Where have all the kids gone from our suburban parks and streets?
22 December 2010
The link between feeling good and spending time outdoors has been understood at a common sense level throughout the ages.
22 December 2010
The school holidays are upon us – that time of year when the parental juggling act gets all Cirque du Soleil.
22 December 2010
Merry Christmas and happy new year to you all from Nature Play WA!
06 December 2010
Western Australian Environment Minister John Day has today launched the Rediscover Parks campaign which provides free entry days at selected Western Australian national parks during the summer period.
26 November 2010
Learn about cheap, simple, practical ways to improve the future for your children.
03 November 2010
Just five minutes of outdoor activity — such as exercising in a park, working in a backyard garden or walking on a nature trail — is good for the brain, with tangible benefits for mental health, according to the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning podcast series, "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions."
02 November 2010
Many parents fret over whether their children are eating enough green vegetables, but the amount of green exercise they get may be just as important.
26 October 2010
Featuring presentations about the endangered black cockatoo's biology, status, threats and efforts to restore their habitat and populations.
14 October 2010
Playright invites you to attend United in Play 2010, a conference to unite us in the provision of every child's right of play.
01 July 2010
A range of free environmental activities are on offer these school holidays in the Town of Vincent. Interact with nature on the Wetlands Heritage Trail or any of the town's reserves.
10 June 2010
NEW YORK — In our increasingly urbanized world, it turns out that a little green can go a long way toward improving our health, not just that of the planet.
10 June 2010
Just five minutes of exercise a day in the great outdoors can improve mental health, according to a study, and policymakers should encourage more people to spend time in parks and gardens.
10 June 2010
Just 5 minutes doing something in a park, in the woods or even in your backyard can boost mental health, a new study finds.
21 May 2010
Children are spending considerably less time with their fathers than their mothers, according to research released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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