Year: 2023

Ark Tech

USDA invests $1 billion for nearly 400 projects to expand access to trees and green spaces in communities and neighborhoods nationwide through Investing in America agenda

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Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/news/releases/usda-invests-1-billion-nearly-400-projects-expand-access-trees-and-green-spaces USDA Press Release WASHINGTON,September 14, 2023 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is awarding more than $1 billion in competitive grants…Continue readingUSDA invests $1 billion for nearly 400 projects to expand access to trees and green spaces in communities and neighborhoods nationwide through Investing in America agenda

Indigenous Stewardship

Not All Green Space Is Created Equal: Biodiversity Predicts Psychological Restorative Benefits From Urban Green Space

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Republished from: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02320/full By: Emma Wood1 Alice Harsant1 Martin Dallimer2 Anna Cronin de Chavez3 Rosemary R. C. McEachan3 Christopher Hassall1* 1School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom 2Sustainability Research…Continue readingNot All Green Space Is Created Equal: Biodiversity Predicts Psychological Restorative Benefits From Urban Green Space

Indigenous Urban Planning One Health, One Heart

Coping with Stress in Deprived Urban Neighborhoods: What Is the Role of Green Space According to Life Stage?

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Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01760/full Jenny J. Roe1* Peter A. Aspinall2 Catharine Ward Thompson2 This study follows previous research showing how green space quantity and contact with nature (via access to gardens/allotments) helps mitigate stress…Continue readingCoping with Stress in Deprived Urban Neighborhoods: What Is the Role of Green Space According to Life Stage?

Living Water

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Hears 30% of Navajo Nation Homes Lack Running Water

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Source: https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-hears-30-of-navajo-nation-homes-lack-running-water BY LEVI RICKERT  SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley on Wednesday, September 27, 2023,  made testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs’ “Water as a…Continue readingSenate Committee on Indian Affairs Hears 30% of Navajo Nation Homes Lack Running Water

Communal Healing

The healing power of Native American culture is inspiring psychologists to embrace cultural humility

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Source: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/10/healing-tribal-communities-native-americans A cadre of mental health professionals is calling for the development of innovative treatment approaches based on American Indian and Alaska Native values and worldviews By Heather StringerDate created:…Continue readingThe healing power of Native American culture is inspiring psychologists to embrace cultural humility

Sovereignty

The All Pueblo Council of Governors to Travel to Washington to Advocate for Preservation of the Chaco Canyon Sacred Landscape

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Source: https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/the-all-pueblo-council-of-governors-to-travel-to-washington-to-advocate-for-preservation-of-the-chaco-canyon-sacred-landscape BY LEVI RICKERT  SEPTEMBER 09, 2023 The All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG) that represents 20 Pueblos is sending a delegation to Washington, D.C. on Monday, September 11, 2023, to…Continue readingThe All Pueblo Council of Governors to Travel to Washington to Advocate for Preservation of the Chaco Canyon Sacred Landscape

Indigenous Stewardship

Samish Indian Nation Confronts Effects of Climate Change with Bull Kelp

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BY BEN PRYOR  AUGUST 28, 2023 Source: https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/samish-indian-nation-confronts-effects-of-climate-change-with-bull-kelp Tribal nations in the Pacific Northwest have experienced scorching heat waves this summer, breaking the norms of their historically temperate environment. Spring saw the…Continue readingSamish Indian Nation Confronts Effects of Climate Change with Bull Kelp