Several years ago, I started walking three miles each morning with my English lab, no matter the weather. There is something good about closing the gap between oneself and the environment—getting ...

Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. Last weekend my husband and I were kayaking, immersed in nature when suddenly I felt called to write about what the ...

This story is part of Fix’s Outdoors Issue, which explores how we build connections to nature, why those connections matter, and how equitable access to outside spaces is a vital climate solution. “In ...

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