The Great Outdoors

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden, Kids & Family

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Americans spend about 21 hours per day inside. On the whole, we are also more depressed and anxious than ever before. Many of us have been trained to seek out commodified services to unwind (I'm looking at you, #selfcare!). But what if a potential solution cost zero dollars and offered zero risk? On today's show: An invitation to welcome nature back into your life, with 5.5 novel suggestions that are backed by science. Here's a preview: [9:00] Walk barefoot! (Around your yard, at least) [14:00] Don't knock it 'til you've tried it, camping edition [20:00] We don't have to optimize every second. Here's how to wander like a boss in a wild space [26:00] Get your hands dirty [34:00] 2 hours per week outdoors offers a laundry list of benefits, so move your favorite activities outside Resources mentioned: Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit (by Lyanda Lynn Haupt) Why Gardening Is So Good for You (via The New York Times) Episode #465: Optimizing Your Walks (with Annabel Abbs) Cornell Lab bird app This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! [email protected].

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
0:06.4	sunscreen of course, you name it, I'm fitting it in before Labor Day. Wherever you're off to this summer, know that you're taking your microbiome with you. And seeds
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1:00.8	Hello there, my friends, and welcome back. sustainable.
1:03.0	Hello there, my friends and welcome back.
1:05.0	My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 475 of
1:10.0	sustainable minimalist.
1:12.0	This is a listener supported show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist
1:17.1	living. On today's show we're discussing five, well I should say five with a bonus ways to re-engage with the outdoors.
1:28.4	Now I've been thinking an awful lot lately about our collective society-wide malaise. There's a general sense of
1:36.8	discontent, isn't there? I certainly feel it. In 2017 Scientific American declared that the United States' mental health had declined since the 1990s and that suicide rates were at a 30 year high.
1:52.0	Four years later in 2021, the CDC found that 42% of young people felt
1:59.7	so sad or hopeless in the last two weeks that they couldn't go about their normal days.
2:07.4	This is what is affectionately called as the information age, isn't it? We live amongst the information age, isn't it?
2:12.7	We live amongst the information age, anything we want is at our fingertips, and yet, even though we live
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