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Welcome to Nurture in Nature Radio – the podcast aimed at connecting kids, families and people of all ages with nature. This is Episode Number 003: Passport to an Amazing Childhood with Griffin Longley Today on the show, host Tania Moloney interviews one of Australia’s most passionate Nature Players, Griffin Longley. Listen to the interview at […]

by Phil Hickey ONE in five West Australians feel unsafe walking in their neighbourhood because of busy traffic and speeding motorists, the first survey of its kind shows. Just over half of respondents to the RAC Walking Survey said they did not walk for the recommended 30 minutes a day. The main barriers to walking

by Louise Merrillees Children are at risk of developing short-sightedness as screen time cuts into outdoor playtime, reducing their exposure to outside light, a study has found. Edith Cowan University Medical Sciences professor Wei Wang co-authored a recent study of nearly 5,000 Year 11 and 12 students in Beijing and found the levels of myopia

In 2014, the school completed an audit of our play areas with Nature Play WA to identify areas of improvements, with the vision of creating such an environment for our students. Since then, staff and parents, in liaison with community members, have designed and developed four major Nature Play areas in the school so students

by Lakshmi Singh Curtin University research claims that in just one generation, outdoor play has decreased from 73% to just 13% of total play time. Instead, the vast majority of children today indulge in more than the recommended two hours of screen use by watching TV/DVDs, playing electronic games and using computers. The Western Australian

By Courtney Trenwith Climbing a tree. Catching a tadpole. Making a mudpie. These childhood memories are fast fading in a world infiltrated by mind-goggling computer games and addictive television programs. But Western Australia is leading a new charge to get kids barefoot, wet and dirty, all in the aim of making them smarter, wiser and more