Many of the challenges that we face in our world today can be addressed by ensuring that increasing activity in Green Areas Research carried out in “Nature, Childhood, Health and Life Pathways” by By Jules Pretty, Caroline Angus, Madeleine Bain, Jo...
If you have spent a hazy autumn evening negotiating the furthermost branches to claim the prize of the juiciest every apple, then you will be starting to feel a little nostalgic at this time of year. If your adventure happened to be in someone else’s orchard...
“I’m bored” If you’re a parent and its summer time and especially if it’s an Irish summer, then you’ll be pretty familiar with this expression. Being bored can seem like a disease that effects most children and can reach epidemic...
The following is a Speech I entered in 2011 in the Toastmasters International Speech Competition and which won the club and area final. The purpose of the speech was to inspire adults to become an example for their children and embrace the outdoors as they did when...
