Reality Check about the use of electronics and its effects on our society AND WHY WE NEED D2R
Reality Check on the use of electronics, its effects on our society and why we need to D2R Teens spend an average of MORE THAN 7 hours a day on their devices…. Read More
Hiking and Technology
Hiking and Technology The core of Disconnect 2 Reconnect is the idea of leaving all screens behind and step outdoors! We believe technology has many good effects in our society but when we see the latests trends in numbers about the amount of hours we spend in front of some sort of screen call it […]
The Key Benefits of Outdoor Learning / Education for Children and Teens. by Plant a seed and see how it grows.
The Key Benefits of Outdoor Learning / Education for Children and Teens by the plant a seed and see what grows Foundation Our Foundation celebrates the benefits of outdoor learning for kids. Recent posts on educational staycation ideas, adventurous learning vacations for families and other outdoor inspirations for the spring, summer and even activities for the cold seasons put the proof in the pudding. But […]
Why “Wilder” Nature Is Better for Your Health A study of the stress-reducing powers of wilderness explores “levels of nature”. By Alex Hutchinson
Why “Wilder” Nature Is Better for Your Health A study of the stress-reducing powers of wilderness explores “levels of nature.By Alex Hutchinson Jun 27, 2018 One of the things I love about my neighborhood in Toronto is that I’m a block away from the Humber River, a historic fur-trading route that flows into Lake Ontario. […]
Technology and the Outdoors by Kraig Becker
Technology and the Outdoors by Kraig Becker By now, many of you have probably read the story that appeared in the New York Times that took a look at the effects of technology on our ability to concentrate, and how going outside, and more specifically getting away from all the technology that has pervaded our life, […]
Books that Will Help You Kick Your Tech Dependence Four authors on paying attention, savoring silence, getting off the grid, and living peaceably with technology
Books that Will Help You Kick Your Tech Dependence Four authors on paying attention, savoring silence, getting off the grid, and living peaceably with technology by Heather Hansman Aug 17, 2019 At D2R we believe technology has its positive ways of adding up to our lives and society but we also believe the more technology […]
A prescription for better health: go alfresco by Harvard Health Letter
A prescription for better health: go alfresco by Harvard Health Letter Published: July, 2010 In this Article one more time we can read more about the benefits of being outside! Our vitamin D levels going up, our bodies getting more exercise in the green and most of all the “happy factor” we always encounter while […]
This is your brain on the Ocean by Kiki Von Glinow
This is your brain on the Ocean by Kiki Von Glinow At D2R we believe being around nature and specially water, the ocean has extraordinary effects our whole beings! In this article the author explains how the effects of the ocean reaches out and touches all of our senses! HearingDuring our formative memory making […]
This Is Your Brain on Nature When we get closer to nature—be it untouched wilderness or a backyard tree—we do our overstressed brains a favor. By Florence Williams
This Is Your Brain on Nature: When we get closer to nature—be it untouched wilderness or a backyard tree—we do our overstressed brains a favor. By Florence Williams WHEN YOU HEAD out to the desert, David Strayer is the kind of man you want behind the wheel. He never texts or talks on the phone while driving. […]
The Radically Simple Digital Diet We All Need
The Radically Simple Digital Diet We All Need Outside Mag podcast transcript..worth reading These days our smartphone addiction has gotten so intense that many of us now habitually use the devices even when we’re supposedly unplugging. We listen to podcasts on our trail runs and endlessly document our weekend adventures for Instagram. All this has […]