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    Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis
    Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis
    Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis
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    Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis

    By Melanie Choukas-Bradley

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    Nature is one of the best medicines for difficult times. An intimate awareness of the natural world, even within the city, can calm anxieties and help create healthy perspectives. This book will inspire and guide you as you deal with the current crisis, or any personal or worldly distress. Melanie Choukas-Bradley is a naturalist and certified forest therapy guide who leads nature and forest bathing walks for many organizations in Washington, D.C. and the American West. Learn from her the Japanese art of "forest bathing": how to tune in to the beauty and wonder around you with all your senses, even if your current sphere is a tree outside the window or a wild backyard. Discover how you can become a backyard naturalist, learning about the trees, wildflowers, birds and animals near your home. Nature immersion during stressful times can bring comfort and joy as well as opportunities for personal growth, expanded vision and transformation. The "Resilience Series" is the result of an intensive, collaborative effort of our authors in response to the 2020 coronavirus epidemic. Each volume offers expert advice for developing the practical, emotional and spiritual skills that you can master to become more resilient in a time of crisis.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Hunt Publishing
    Release dateMay 8, 2020
    ISBN9781789046847
    Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis
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    Melanie Choukas-Bradley

    Melanie Choukas-Bradley is an award-winning naturalist writer, teacher and certified forest therapy guide. She has written several books, as well as op-eds for publications including the Washington Post. She leads natural history tours and forest bathing walks for Smithsonian Associates, the Nature Conservancy, the Audubon Naturalist Society, Friends of Theodore Roosevelt Island and many other organizations. Her forest bathing walks have been featured on NPR, the Travel Channel, in the National Parks Magazine and at marthastewart.com. Melanie regularly features on podcasts, radio and television programs. She lives in Washington DC, USA.

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      Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis - Melanie Choukas-Bradley

      Praise for the work of Melanie Choukas-Bradley

      "Melanie Choukas-Bradley has more than earned her place among the storied members of Audubon Naturalist Society who, throughout history, have been our nation’s environmental leaders, writers and champions including President Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Halle (Spring in Washington), Rachel Carson (Silent Spring) and William Weaver (Beautiful Swimmers)."

      Lisa Alexander, Executive Director, Audubon Naturalist Society

      A spirited, loving, empathetic and expert guide…Choukas-Bradley is mature and confident enough to confront the dark spaces of our world...

      Robert K. Musil, President & CEO, the Rachel Carson Council, Author, Washington in Spring: A Nature Journal for a Changing Capital

      If nature is a balm for the troubled heart, this book is a balm for a nature lover in troubled times.

      Sadie Dingfelder, The Washington Post

      Melanie has emerged as one of America’s premier guides to taking a deep breath, looking about with open eyes, and listening to the sanity of the breeze in the trees.

      Clay Jenkinson, Author of A Free and Hardy Life: Theodore Roosevelt’s Sojourn in the American West

      Melanie Choukas-Bradley shows us the way to peace and spiritual comfort in turbulent times.

      Bruce M. Beehler, Author of Natural Encounters: Biking, Hiking, and Birding Through the Seasons and Birds of Maryland, Delaware & the District of Columbia

      Nature does not stop to mourn the damage that we cause to ecosystem integrity or our political fallacies; it keeps striving with each new miracle…Melanie’s observations remind us that each day is still a miracle. We only have to open our hearts and take notice.

      Susan Leopold, PhD, Ethnobotanist, Director of United Plant Savers, author of Isabella’s Peppermint Flowers, and member of the Patawomeck tribe of Virginia

      Melanie’s writings are deeply centered on the joys of being fully present in our wondrous natural world. The relentless and distressing news cycle can feel like an all-out assault on our sense of wellbeing. Melanie offers us a way to find connection, peace and renewed resolve to fight for what is at stake. Her keen observations invite us to more fully embrace the healing and life-giving forces of nature available to us.

      Doug Barker, Founding Board Member, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Chair of Green Ribbon Panel for 125th Anniversary of Rock Creek Park

      There’s no better guide to nature in Washington, DC than Melanie Choukas-Bradley. She reminds us that time in nature has the power to restore us to sanity and joy.

      Stella Tarnay, Co-Founder, Capital Nature

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      Resilience: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis

      Melanie Choukas-Bradley

      With a Foreword by Wendy Paulson

      Winchester, UK

      Washington, USA

      First published by Changemakers Books, 2020

      Changemakers Books is an imprint of John Hunt Publishing Ltd., No. 3 East Street,

      Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9EE, UK

      [email protected]

      www.johnhuntpublishing.com

      www.changemakers-books.com

      For distributor details and how to order please visit the ‘Ordering’ section on our website.

      © Melanie Choukas-Bradley 2020

      ISBN: 978 1 78904 683 0

      978 1 78904 684 7 (ebook)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2020937318

      All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publishers.

      The rights of Author Name as author have been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      Design: Stuart Davies

      Cover and photos by Susan Austin Roth

      Interior photos by Sadie Dingfelder, Ana Ka’ahanui and Betsy Bass

      UK: Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY

      Printed in North America by CPI GPS partners

      We operate a distinctive and ethical publishing philosophy in all areas of our business, from our global network of authors to production and worldwide distribution.

      Contents

      Cover

      Half Title

      The Resilience Series

      Title

      Copyright

      Contents

      Dedication

      Foreword by the Publisher

      Foreword by Wendy Paulson

      Introduction

      Chapter One: Establish a Wild Home

      Chapter Two: Nature Immersion as a Mindfulness Practice

      Chapter Three: Become a Backyard Naturalist

      Chapter Four: Family Time in Nature

      Chapter Five: Hands in the Dirt: Gardening & Foraging During a Time of Crisis

      Chapter Six: Transformation: Insights and Commitment During a Time of Crisis

      Chapter Seven: Notes from the Field: Stories of Resilience

      Acknowledgments

      Endnotes

      About the Author

      Books by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

      TRANSFORMATION

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      Half Title

      The Resilience Series

      Title

      Copyright

      Contents

      Dedication

      Foreword by the Publisher

      Foreword by Wendy Paulson

      Introduction

      Start of Content

      Acknowledgments

      Endnotes

      About the Author

      Books by Melanie Choukas-Bradley

      TRANSFORMATION

      The Resilience Series

      Dedication

      For the Violets of Spring

      Foreword by the Publisher

      What can we do to help?

      In a time of crisis — such as the 2020 covid-19 pandemic — we all have a natural impulse to help our neighbors. John Hunt, founder of John Hunt Publishing, asked this question of our company, and then offered a suggestion. He proposed producing a series of short books written by experts offering practical, emotional, and spiritual skills to help people survive in the midst of a crisis.

      To reach people when they need it most, John wanted to accomplish this in forty days. Bear in mind, the normal process of bringing a book from concept to market takes

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