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Survey on Restorative Power of Nature

Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Kyle Scribner

A survey came out today that I found affirming because it taps into the same mindset that I had in starting this blog: There are a lot of people out there who would like to reconnect with nature but need a little push to do so. The survey commissioned by Scotts Miracle-Gro claims 61% of Americans say they understand the benefit of nature, but still don't spend enough time outdoors. I know this comes from a source with an agenda – the more time you spend outside the more likely you are to be shamed into doing something about your scraggly lawn – but I think it’s still getting to a truth. Hopefully this blog can help cut that 61% down a bit.

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Kyle Scribner is a born-again nature freak who also happens to be an editor at Captivate Network.

You know that exhilarated feeling you got as a kid when you would go down to the pond to catch frogs? It never really goes away; it’s just dormant. So I'm here to slap a mix of facts and borderline balanced opinion on you, to poke a stick at the nature freak slumbering in us all and maybe get him to once again come out and play.

And we might even learn a few things about the environment as we go.

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How do you commune with nature or become part of the solution to the environmental crisis when you're trapped in a cement-and-glass, gas-guzzling, power-sucking, emissions-spewing metropolis 8 hours (or more) a day? How do you go 'green' in a world of gray?

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