S2 E3: Nature Deficit Disorder

Location: Halls Hill Labyrinth and Lookout, Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA  Record date: 10/19/25 Release date: 2/2/26   Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/   Based on the work of Richard Louv, Natasha Morisawa and Amber Martin take a walk on an outdoor labyrinth on Bainbridge Island, Washington to ponder the effects of less unstructured outdoor time on children and adults as well as ways to start to think about our time outside. They bring in some practical ways of addressing this imbalance and open the invitation to personally wander in the outdoors.  Explore more about Ponder While We Wander A soothing podcast for trying times. https://ponderwhilewewander.com/ https://ponderwhilewewander.substack.com/ https://ponderwhilewewander.com/wander-well/   Episode Resources Links: https://biparksfoundation.org/halls-hill/ Books by Richard Louv https://www.childrenandnature.org/ https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/ https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_ways_nature_helps_children_learn https://www.nrpa.org/globalassets/research/mingkuo-summary.pdf https://www.heinzawards.org/pages/ming-kuo