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March 4th, 2021 Newsletter

Newsletter from Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Dear NCH2 Community,
We hope you and your families are staying safe and well.  Please submit materials for the next newsletter by March 15th, 2021 so we can make sure to include them. Submit items by emailing NCH2.Chicago@gmail.com.


Upcoming Events
Having Fun Getting Fit in the Forest
Date: Saturday, March 6th, 2021
Time: 10 AM CST
Location: 
Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
9800 Willow Springs Rd
Willow Springs, IL 60480 (view web map)
*REGISTRATION REQUIRED!*
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Getting fit is a common, and often repeated, new year resolution for many of us. To help inspire and support your efforts, we will be leading a fitness hike along our 1-mile White Oak Trail. Ten stations will be set up along the trail with suggested physical movements, mimicking something from nature that will help to enhance the fitness aspect of the hike.
All participants are required to wear masks and practice physical distancing.

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Nature Rx: Social Emotional Learning for Students and Teachers
Date: June 14th-18th, 2021 8:00 A.M- 4:30 P.M.
Location: Hoover Forest Preserve, Yorkville, IL
For more information or to register, contact Deanna Bazan at dbazan@roe24.org.

This 5-day course will offer experiences in outdoor settings to practice integration of SEL standards into current classroom curriculum. There will be a focus on team building activities, current outdoor curriculum aligned to state learning standards, and the introduction of resources in developing outdoor learning spaces at school sites. This process will address current issues such as priority learning standards during the pandemic, mental health of both students and teachers, limiting factors of outdoor education, and school building/district rules and expectations. Teachers will be encouraged to network with one another as they prepare lessons for use at their own indoor and outdoor learning spaces at their schools. It is truly an opportunity for experiential learning! 

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​EEAI Annual Conference 2021
Date: March 11-13 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. (times during days vary)
Location: Virtual
Register here
Ensuring the health of the planet starts with having a population that understands the environmental problems our world is currently facing and has the knowledge, skills and motivation to take actions on solving those problems. You as educators, either formal or non-formal, are at the forefront of this work. It is you who inspire students to care about nature; it is you who teach students about the connections between natural systems and human communities; it is you who support students in feeling empowered to make a difference. ​

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One Earth Film Festival
Date: March 5-14th, 2021
Location: Virtual
Get your tickets here
If you love movies and you care about your health, your community and our magnificent planet we call home, join the Nature, Culture, and Human Health Network at the tenth anniversary season of the One Earth Film Festival, which takes place from March 5–14, 2021.

This year’s festival theme is “10 Years of Inspiring Change,” and you’re invited to watch more than 25 outstanding short and feature-length films that shine a light on the most important issues of our time. Learn solutions and actions addressing climate, environmental justice, conservation, waste and more. Watch online from the comfort of your own home, and participate in filmmaker and expert Q&As. Be moved. Be amazed. Be ready to create change.  
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Most film watch parties are free (suggested $8 donation). Advanced registration is highly recommended. Visit oneearthfilmfest.org for a festival schedule and to reserve your tickets

Resources
Active People Healthy Nation
Advice from the CDC about how to be physically active while social distancing. 


​Click here to read.


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In the News
Nature Is Good For Your Mental Health, Sometimes.

People often ask why we need to keep doing research on the health benefits of nature. This article describes a research study that investigates just that. There are so many things we don’t know – especially knowing who benefits from different types of interactions. Jackie Rocheleau. Nov. 11, 2020. Forbes.

Click here to read more.
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Forbes. Getty images.

Recent Research:

Overview: 

The findings in this paper suggest that (1) weekly physical activity was associated with increased psychological well-being during the COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand, and (2) nature-based PA may foster psychological well-being via effects on motivation.
Citation:
Jenkins, M., S. Houge Mackenzie, K. Hodge, E. A. Hargreaves, J. R. Calverley and C. Lee (2021). "Physical Activity and Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Relationships With Motivational Quality and Nature Contexts." Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 3(43). https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspor.2021.637576.

​Check out our Recent Research Page for more peer-reviewed articles of interest!

Happy reading!
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