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A systematic review of arts-based interventions delivered to children and young people in nature or outdoor spaces: Impact on nature connectedness, health and wellbeing
Arts-based interventions in nature can increase nature connectivity and improve well-being in children and young people
Restoring connectedness in and to nature: Three Nordic examples of recontextualizing family therapy to the outdoors
Mentalization-based family therapy in outdoor settings may promote family connectedness and connectedness to nature
Defining a nature-based literacy: A research synthesis review of health-promoting literacies to promote nature engagement
Planning programs around a nature-based literacy framework may promote child health while promoting ecological knowledge and stewardship
Nature exposure and use of open spaces in three generation families: Implications for planning
Family is a strong determinant of open space use
Growing up green: A systematic review of the influence of greenspace on youth development and health outcomes
Green space exposure can promote youth development outcomes, but more research is needed in low- and middle-income countries
Patterns of family-based nature activities across the early life course and their association with adulthood outdoor participation and preference
Frequency of family-based nature activities in childhood is related to more time outdoors and a preference for outdoor environments in early adulthood
Cultivating social capital in diverse, low-income neighborhoods: The value of parks for parents with young children
High-quality parks and safe, walkable, built environments can enhance neighborhood social capital in low-income communities of color
Children’s emotional experiences in and about nature across temporal–spatial entanglements during digital storying
Engaging children in digital storying can support children in expressing and sharing their emotional experiences.
Demographic, social, and environmental factors predicting Danish children’s greenspace use
Access to multiple types of greenspace is a stronger predictor of greenspace use by children than parental support
Park and neighbourhood environmental characteristics associated with park-based physical activity among children in a high-density city
Neighborhood socioeconomic status moderates the way park and neighborhood environments influence children’s park-based physical activity in a high-density city
Green schoolyard renovations in low‐income urban neighborhoods: Benefits to students, schools, and the surrounding community
Green schoolyards may be “particularly powerful drivers of health equity by promoting well‐being at the level of the individual, school, and community.”
Assessing the impact of complimentary wildflower seed packets as an outreach tool for promoting pollinator conservation at a zoo
Wildflower seed packets lead to pollinator-friendly behaviors, though more follow-up is needed
Attitude-intention consistency in the context of energy and water conservation: Examining the moderating role of vested interest
Developing effective conservation messages for students and community members
Building teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching about climate change through educative curriculum and professional development
Professional development program builds confidence in teaching climate change
Citizen science engagement: Lessons learned from the ClimateWatch “Scientist for a Day” program
Citizen science programs can improve environmental knowledge and behaviors
Clustering energy and water conservation behaviors as choices: examining the moderating roles of message elaboration and involvement
Optional conservation recommendations are more effective than mandates
Evaluating impacts of a wetland field trip: a case study with urban middle school students
Short field trips can improve environmental knowledge in urban middle schoolers
Examining the impact of climate change film as an educational tool
Climate change film positively impacts student responses to climate change
Expanding high school youth’s perceptions of environmental careers and resilience development through conservation education
Hands-on experience broadens high school students’ understanding of interdisciplinary environmental careers and increases personal resilience
Impacts of targeted education programs on the adoption of residential best management practices (BMP) to combat non-point source pollution
Targeted best management programs may help residents adopt behaviors
Measuring and developing ecological literacy to conserve the critically endangered Mariana Crow
New school-based environmental education curriculum increased environmental knowledge and attitudes
Place attachment and learning outcomes among tourists who volunteer for a U.S. National Park science volunteer program
A citizen science program in Denali may have positive place attachment and learning outcomes for tourists
Potential of ‘future workshop’ method for educating adolescents about climate change mitigation and adaptation: a case from Freistadt, Upper Austria
Future workshops can complement climate change education
Social media split testing and message framing: Emerging capacities to encourage residential water conservation
Social media testing can help educators hone effective messages for conservation
Supporting K-12 teachers in the context of whole-school sustainability: four case studies
Collaboration, professional development opportunities, and slow lesson integration may be key for sustainable development education
Sustainable Sea: A board game for engaging students in sustainable fisheries management
Educational games can successfully supplement traditional teaching methods on sustainability topics
Unpacking the power of place-based education in climate change communication
A climate change toolkit can make place-based education more effective
Visitor perceptions of the outcomes of personal interpretation in Alberta’s Provincial Parks
Overlapping factors in personal interpretation influence visitors’ outcomes
Visitors’ attitudes and behavioral intentions toward Leave No Trace on a national forest
Park visitors’ attitudes towards effectiveness and ease of Leave No Trace affect compliance
Effects of trees, gardens, and nature trails on heat index and child health: Design and methods of the Green Schoolyards Project
School parks can serve as a tool for urban heat island adaptation and health promotion.
Parental perspectives on green schoolyards: Advantages outweigh disadvantages, but willingness to help is limited
Parents consider the advantages of green schoolyards to outweigh the disadvantages, but cite lack of time as a barrier to their more active involvement.
What difference does it make? Exploring the transformative potential of everyday climate crisis activism by children and youth
Youths’ everyday climate crisis activism can make important contributions to a more sustainable future
Children's agency and action in nature preschool: A tale of two programs
Young children, with support of early childhood educators, have the ability to be meaningfully involved in ecologically sustainable practices
Evaluating a green schoolyard transformation: A protocol utilizing the RE-AIM framework
Use of a field-tested evaluation protocol can augment the evidence base for the green schoolyard movement as a health-promotion strategy
Measuring green space effects on attention and stress in children and youth: A scoping review
Attention and stress outcomes in children as they relate to responses to green space settings should be carefully reviewed and interpreted
Babies and toddlers outdoors: A narrative review of the literature on provision for under twos in ECEC settings
Dominant contemporary narratives in the literature tend to exclude infants and toddlers from the outdoors
Increased exposure to nature reduces elementary students’ anxiety
A nature-based guidance program was effective at reducing anxiety among third grade students
A simulated walk in nature: Testing predictions from the attention restoration theory
Research using simulated natural environments yield new insights into Attention Restoration Theory
Landscapes of becoming social: A systematic review of evidence for associations and pathways between interactions with nature and socioemotional development in children
Review of the literature reveals considerable – but inconsistent – evidence of positive associations between children’s interaction with nature and their socioemotional development.
A comparison of California and Texas secondary science teachers’ perceptions of climate change
State standards and political affiliation influence teaching about climate change in TX and CA
Attitudes towards animal welfare in Portuguese students from the 6th and the 9th year of schooling: implications for environmental education
Environmental education should consider non-human centered approaches to teaching for better understanding of animal welfare issues
Biology student teachers’ interest and self-efficacy in planning and conducting field trips after participation in a university course
Pre-service course positively influences educators’ interest and self-efficacy in leading field trips
Bureaucratic exercise? Education for sustainable development in Taiwan through the stories of policy implementers
Lessons learned from Taiwan’s nationwide education for sustainable development program
Children in nature: Exploring the relationship between childhood outdoor experience and environmental stewardship
Appreciative outdoor activities during childhood promote connection to nature and environmental-citizenship behaviors
Decoding gender in nature-based education: perceptions of environmental educators
Environmental educators can create safe spaces for gender exploration and identity development
Didactical dilemmas when planning teaching for sustainable development in preschool
Teaching choices in early childhood facilitate sustainable learning in students
Educating for resilience: parent and teacher perceptions of children’s emotional needs in response to climate change
Assessing climate anxiety in caretakers and children and ways to overcome it
Extinction, education and the curious practice of visiting thrombolites
Extinction Studies encourages curiosity and story-making in children
Framing action in a youth climate change filmmaking program: hope, agency, and action across scales
Climate-themed student films emphasize individual behavior change instead of structural changes
It’s about time: perceived barriers to in-service teacher climate change professional development
Lack of time is teachers’ largest obstacle to participating in climate change professional development