Two situations:
Mother Earth School is located on the Tryon Community Farm just outside Portland Oregon. Run by Kelly TK, it is a nature immersion school that serves preschool and K at this location. The kids experience free play in nature regardless of weather though they can warm up in the sauna. Kelly, one of the founders, feels that being in the outdoors all the time fosters a deeper connection to the natural cycles of life instead of a more linear view of the world around you. it also builds flexibility and resilience.
Eugene, Ore
Then the intervention program for parents and children who are test subjects at Helen Neville's lab at the Univ of Oregon. The program is run by Scott Klein. The goal is to give families coping skills to lower their stress and mediate the developmental issues commonly experienced by families living in poverty.
In place of our usual “This Week in Geographic History,” we’ve gathered content related to upcoming events so you can plan ahead over the holidays.
Consumer electronics include robotic home health aides, like this one attending to a Buddhist monk in Thailand. Photograph by James Nachtwey, National Geographic
A 99-year-old African-American woman sits in her Detroit home surrounded by portraits documenting five generations of her family. Photograph by Wayne Lawrence, National Geographic.
