S2 E3: Nature Deficit Disorder

2026-02-02

Location: Halls Hill Labyrinth and Lookout, Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA Record date: 10/19/25 Release date: 2/2/26 Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/ Based on the work of Richard Louv, Natasha Morisawa and Amber Martin take a walk on an outdoor labyrinth on Bainbridge Island, Washington to ponder the effects of less unstructured outdoor time on children and adults as well as ways to start to think about our time outside. They bring in some practical ways of addressing this imbalance and open the invitation to personally wander in the outdoors.

Location: Halls Hill Labyrinth and Lookout, Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA

Record date: 10/19/25

Release date: 2/2/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/

Based on the work of Richard Louv, Natasha Morisawa and Amber Martin take a walk on an outdoor labyrinth on Bainbridge Island, Washington to ponder the effects of less unstructured outdoor time on children and adults as well as ways to start to think about our time outside. They bring in some practical ways of addressing this imbalance and open the invitation to personally wander in the outdoors.

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Episode Resources

Links:

https://biparksfoundation.org/halls-hill/

Books by Richard Louv

https://www.childrenandnature.org/

https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_ways_nature_helps_children_learn