Spring Outside this Earth Day
with New Online Tools
from The Nature Conservancy
Share Your Earth Day Experience Online at nature.org
CHICAGO — April 9, 2009 — The Nature Conservancy encourages people to share their experiences in the natural world on the web this Earth Day. The Spring Outside campaign offers new tools designed to help the online community stay connected with their actual and virtual worlds, from sharing photos to blogging at nature.org.
Ideas on what to do for Earth Day and suggestions for places to go are flowing at the newly launched site that includes interactive elements and a map of Conservancy preserves across the world that welcome the public. Connections between nature.org and social networking sites like FaceBook and Flickr allow visitors to share their Earth Day experiences with their online network. At My Nature Page, visitors to the Conservancy’s web site can customize their page and virtually visit distant preserves of interest.
“There are countless ways to enjoy nature in Illinois, this Earth Day,” said Leslee Spraggins, state director for The Nature Conservancy in Illinois. “From bird watching to hiking in a local preserve, we encourage families and individuals to go outside and connect with the outdoors as much as possible, and share that experience later online.”
The Nature Conservancy sponsors a monthly nature walk in Millennium Park’s Lurie Garden, and this month the walk will take place the morning of Earth Day, on April 22. “This is a great opportunity to photograph and enjoy birds and plants in an urban setting,” said Spraggins. To register,
call (312) 580-2357 or email Illinois Events.
Alienation from nature is a growing trend worldwide. Forming a strong relationship between nature and people is beneficial not only for the environment, but for people themselves. A recent Nature Conservancy-funded study found that outdoor play and nature experience have proven beneficial for cognitive functioning, reduction in symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and an increase in self-discipline and emotional well being at all developmental stages. To learn more, read Do People Still Care about Nature?
The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. To date, the Conservancy and its more than one million members have been responsible for the protection of more than 18 million acres in the United States and have helped preserve more than 117 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web.
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