DANVILLE, Va. – Danville has earned the designation of “Nature Everywhere Community,” becoming the first city in Virginia to receive this recognition. This initiative is part of the Nature Everywhere ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Throughout her 18 years working in children’s education and three years working with ...

When Richard Louv published a book in 2005, he coined the term nature deficit disorder. He did so “to serve as a description of the human costs of alienation from nature … as a way to talk about an ...

The City of Cedar Rapids has been selected to join the Nature Everywhere Communities initiative, a national effort aimed at ...

Community gardens in urban areas provide inter-generational learning, promote social cohesion, provide nutrition education, reduce crime, lower grocery bills, create jobs, reduce carbon footprint, and ...