Know Anyone with Nature Deficit Disorder?

Oh yeah – spring has sprung in Northern California!  Our California whitewater rafting guide school kicked off our local commercial season this past week; daytime temps are reaching the 70s; poppies are blanketing the hillsides; we have daylight past 7:00 pm.  It’s time to come out and play.

Kristi, our perpetually happy Marketing & Customer Service Manager – who also happens to have the greenest thumb you can imagine – shared this article with us at a recent staff meeting.  The article, taken from Plenty Magazine, discusses the physical, emotional and psychological importance of enjoying nature.

If you’re looking for an excuse to enjoy an adventure travel vacation, the article has this to say: “Nature play has also been correlated with a longer attention span, and studies show it’s an antidote to child obesity. Psychological health is another benefit: Kids with more experience in nature, even if it’s just a view from their room of a natural landscape are more psychologically resilient, or correlated to more psychological resilience.”

Just a thought…
 

Written by Tracy

Writer, Photographer, former Waterblogged Editor