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Now it's time to take the learning outdoors with our exciting summer camp sessions. Let's have a look at what's coming up for summer camps.
Evergreen Explorers
Join us as we travel through the ecosystems of Washington State in search of adventure and discovery. Campers will plant mini gardens, create useful items from recycled materials, and learn to filter water using the power of nature. (Grades 2 -3)
Green by Design
Explore the science behind sustainability and eco-friendly design in this hands-on camp session. Campers will work together to find ways to lead a greener life, from analyzing renewable energy sources to designing sustainable solutions for everyday challenges. (Grades 6-8)
Greener Future
Empower your child to make a positive impact on the planet in our Greener Future camp session. Campers will discover how to reduce environmental impacts, explore renewable energy sources, and create sustainable solutions for their communities. (Grades 6-8)
Register for our sustainability camp! Don't miss out on the opportunity for your child to become an eco-leader and make a difference for the planet! Register now for our Camps for Curious Minds sustainability sessions and set out on a journey towards a greener, more sustainable future. Together, let's cultivate a generation of environmental protectors who are ready to change the world!
She came into my life when I was eight years old. My dad found her. She was getting lost and starving. He took one look at her, opened the door and she jumped in. Mom and Dad fed her and gave her a bath.
As a girl, I had always wanted a dog. My parents told me when I was old enough and responsible, I could have one. When I got home, I was greeted with many puppy kisses. A very special friendship was born that day.
Now she needed a name. My older brother laughed at her and said her tail was deformed.It didn't wag its tail back and forth, instead, it went in a circle. He said, "She's squirrely."Thus my puppy, Squirrely got her name.
Squirrely was a smart dog. I taught her to play hide and seek. We would play for hours,spending our days learning and growing together.
Eleven years we were together, best of friends. Arthritis(关节炎) and old age set in on her. My parents knew what had to be done, but they stood back and let me make the decision myself.
She was suffering so much and the medicine didn't help. She could barely walk. I looked into those deep brown eyes and realized it was time to let her go.
I carried her into the pet doctor's office and placed her on the table. Squirrely leaned her head forward and gave a lick to my hand, as if to say she understood. Her tail was wagging in that circle as it always did.
When the pet doctor said"It's over", I wrapped her up in her favorite blanket, and carried her out.
I buried her in the farm, where she loved playing and chasing rabbits. I know that special friend will be with me always.
Spending time outdoors, especially in green spaces, is one of the fastest ways to improve your health and happiness. It can lower stress, blood pressure and heart rate. Doctors are increasingly taking these findings seriously and using them to their patients.
Now, a new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Health Research adds to the evidence and shows just how little time it takes to get the benefits of being outside.Spending just 20 minutes in a park—even if you don't exercise while you're there—is enough to improve well-being, according to the research.
For the study, researchers surveyed 94 adults who visited one of three urban parks over the summer and fall. They were given fitness trackers to measure physical activity but were not told what to do in the park or how long to stay. Each person also answered questions about their life satisfaction and mood—which were used to calculate a subjective well-being score, with a maximum value of 55—before and after their park visit.
The average park visit lasted 32 minutes, and 30% of people engaged in at least moderate-intensity(中等强度) physical activity while there. Well-being scores rose during the park visit in 60% of people, with an average increase of about 1.5 points (from about 37 to 39). For many people in the study, simply being in green space seemed to be enough to make a change.
The medical community is increasingly viewing green space as a place for their patients to gain physical and mental health benefits. Some physicians, like Dr. Robert Zarr, are even writing prescriptions(处方) for it.
By writing nature prescriptions, physicians are encouraging their patients to get outdoors and take advantage of what many view to be free medicine.
Time speeds up when you are having fun. But it slows down, it turns out, when one looks at something worth remembering. According to a research, people's sense of how fast time passes can be influenced by the memorability of the images in front of them.
A team led by Martin Wiener, a cognitive (认知) neuroscientist at George Mason University in America, tested how visual stimuli change people's experience of time. They showed several dozen participants images of different scenes—from empty box rooms to filled stadiums—for between 300 and 900 milliseconds. After each one the participants had to say if the time spent looking at the image was short or long. Their responses showed that, when the images featured large scenes, such as an empty warehouse, more time seemed to have passed.The opposite happened when the images were of spaces jammed with objects, such as an overfull garage.
That was strange. Previous research has found that the experience of stretched time increases with size; for instance, if people are flashed images of different numbers for equal lengths of time, they think the higher numbers are shown for longer. But the jammed scenes seemed to contradict that trend. To see if something else was at play, the researchers ran another experiment using pictures that differed in memorability. Humans better remembered pictures focused on people, actions and centrally placed objects. Dr. Wiener's team used images from a 60,000-image data set, where each image had been judged on its memorability (a man with flowers in his beard: memorable). The more memorable the image, the more it seemed to stretch time.
Exactly how processing speed leads to different time perception (理解) is still unclear,but the researchers believe the connection lies in how the brain prioritises incoming information.
Ways To Increase The Quality of Your Life
It is time to do something to increase the quality of your life. Nothing can beat living an active, purposeful, successful life filled with happiness and fulfillment. .
Treat yourself.
It doesn't matter if it's a meal out, or a visit to a theater. Make the first thing you do a treat that you have been longing for some time. Treats can be free, and you can always make time.
Take up a hobby.
When you lead a boring life, it is great to have something to think about that takes you into another world. If you love to read, devote time to just sitting with a book and losing yourself in an imaginary world. The whole point of a hobby is that it is something for you, so it doesn't matter what it is as long as you enjoy it.
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Often we lose sight of the positive, beneficial things in our lives. Everyone has things to be grateful for and making a list helps to concentrate your mind on these positives. Allow yourself a few minutes to think about your life and identify the good things.
Exercise.
Go running, or get down to the gym. Sweat out the negatives and get fit for the future.
Follow the advice above and you will surely increase the quality of your life.
A.Create a gratitude list.
B.Doing morning exercise makes you fresh.
C.Make the most of the years you have on Earth.
D.Don't make excuses about not having time or money.
E.Taking exercise is an excellent way of boosting your mood.
F.Hobbies are brilliant for giving you something different to do.
G.Read our list of things to do now to make your life better and more enjoyable.
We took the bus every day that summer many years ago. One of the passengers was a smallgrey man who took the bus to the center for 1 citizens every morning. He walked with a stoop (驼背) and a sad look on his face when he, with some 2 , got on the bus and sat down alone behind the driver. No one ever paid very much attention to him.
Then one July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled short-sightedly down through the bus before he sat down. The driver nodded 3 . The rest of us were 4 .
The next day, the old man 5 the bus energetically, smiled and said in a loud voice:"And a very good morning to you all!" Some of us 6 , amazed, and said "Good morning", in reply.
The following weeks we were more 7 . Our friend was now dressed in a nice old suit and a wide out-of-date tie. The thin hair had been 8 combed(梳理). He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to 9 and talk to each other.
One morning he had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. They were already becoming a little dry because of the 10 . The driver turned around smilingly and asked:"Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?"We never got to know if his name really was"Charlie", but he nodded 11 .
The other passengers whistled and 12 at him. Charlie bowed and 13 the flowers before he sat down on his seat.
Every morning after that Charlie always brought a flower. Some of the 14 passengers began bringing him flowers for his bunch, gently pushed him and said: "Here." Everyone smiled. People started to joke about it, talk to each other, and 15 the newspaper.
"Slow train"is a lifeline in China's remote regions. Train No.5629/5630, is the only passenger train serving on the Sichuan-Guizhou Railway Line, is one of the 81 pairs of slow trains operating in China.
The pair of trains running between Chongqing and Zunyi city of Guizhou Province (stop) at 20 stations on the 300-kilometer journey. Running for nearly 30 years, the trains,with the (low) ticket price of only 6 yuan are still providing convenience for people (live) in the Wumeng Mountain area.
Though it is home to the world's most developed high-speed railway network, China still keeps the slow train services in the less-developed regions for people without access other means of transport. The slow trains, carrying the hope of local people, move forward (steady) and surely with a unique rhythm.
The slow train is cure for the dullness of life, bringing stories from the outside.Every time the slow train (expect) to pull into the station, workers, the old, (child) and dogs all stand together on the platform. The train only stays for two minutes, but it is enough to wash away loneliness of the (tire) people.
Once upon a time, in a small town, there was a young boy named Sam. He was very kind and loved helping others. He lived with his parents, but they were busy working all the time, so he often felt lonely.
One day, as Sam was walking home from school, he saw a new family had moved into the house next door. They had a daughter about his age named Lily. She was disabled and used a wheelchair to get around. Sam noticed that Lily seemed sad and lonely too.
The next morning, Sam decided to knock on their door and introduce himself. Lily's mother answered the door and invited him inside. When Lily saw Sam, she smiled for the first time. Sam and Lily quickly became friends, and Sam would visit her every day after school.Sometimes, they would play board games or watch movies together. Other times, Sam would help Lily with her homework.
As the years went by, Sam and Lily's friendship grew stronger. They were always there for each other, no matter what. One summer, Sam's parents lost their jobs and couldn't afford to pay the rent. They were going to have to move away. Sam was upset and didn't know what to do.
When Lily heard the news, she knew she had to help her friend.
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She came up with a plan to save Sam's house.
From then on, Sam and Lily promised to make the world a better place.
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