The Power of a (Seemingly Simple) Idea

In 1967 an economist named John Krutilla published an article in American Economic Review, which he claimed to be the last article that appeared in that journal without math or data.
I can’t vouch for that, but his article–which I learned this past week at a panel discussion at Resources for the Future began as a [...]

Nature Deficit

To prepare for some work for Project Learning Tree, an environmental education program, I read Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods. In case after case, he shows how disassociated kids have become from the outside world. Gone are the days when kids spent their days in the woods and empty lots, playgrounds and fields. [...]