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Connecting to nature is good for kids – but they may need help coping with a planet in peril

  • Written by Louise Chawla, Professor Emerita of Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder
imageDeep worry about climate change and biodiversity loss can affect kids' mental health.Kira Hofmann/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

As an environmental psychologist who works to improve young people’s access to nature, I recently completed a review that brings two bodies of research together: one on connecting children and adolescents with...

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