Seeds of Fall

Seeds of Fall

By Chelsea Jandreau, Senior Nature Educator and Education Program Coordinator The temperatures are dropping, the trees are putting on their annual color show, and Halloween is less than two weeks away. October is on full display, both in nature and in people’s homes....
Fall Favorites  

Fall Favorites  

By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator and Interim Education Projects Manager A few weeks ago, I walked out of work in a dreadful mood. Nothing drastic happened. It was just the accumulation of lots of small things that I couldn’t get ahead of. Crossing the parking...
Boogie-Woogies in the Woods

Boogie-Woogies in the Woods

By Emma Roth, Nature Educator and Animal Care Specialist A couple of weekends ago, I found myself wandering down a trail, with a backpack full of camping gear. Backpacking, while not something I do as often as I would like, is one of my favorite hobbies. There’s...
Play is Essential

Play is Essential

By Mac Dawson, Seasonal Nature Educator Unstructured outdoor play, once a defining feature of childhood, has significantly diminished over recent decades due to societal changes of debatable degrees of logic. This decline has serious implications for our kid’s...
Shared Spaces

Shared Spaces

By Chelsea Jandreau Recently, on a sunny late afternoon, a couple friends and I were walking through Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. As we moved along, we crossed the path of several other people, a tour group, and a few large groups of sparrows. The people and...