We are attached to our devices nearly 24/7. As our number of activities and time spent outdoors shrinks, it’s perhaps no coincidence that the larger society faces higher occurrences of depression, child and adult obesity and attention deficit disorder.
Getting more people outside and engaged with nature is the topic of this year’s annual , 6-7 p.m. Thursday, April 2, in Kane Hall 210. The talk is free and open to the public, and organizers ask attendees to .
, executive director of the in Vero Beach, Florida, and a photographer, researcher and science and environmental educator, will speak about engaging the interests and needs of today’s diverse population and overcoming common barriers to getting outdoors in her talk, “Human[-]Nature: Care for Our World is Care for Ourselves.”
Steinwald previously served as director of science education and research at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh. She has more than 15 years of teaching experience ranging from undergraduate and graduate students to K-12 teachers in topics such as physiology, ecology, molecular biology and people-plant interactions.
Steinwald will talk about overcoming the growing human-nature divide through creative partnerships, reimagined environmental education and outreach programs and conservation efforts that mean something to today’s population. Read more about the talk on the school’s .