Take a break in nature from the stresses of everyday life and the hectic holiday season. Research has found spending time in ...

Outdoor exercise offers benefits that go beyond physical conditioning. Natural environments positively influence mood and ...

Institutional capital's move to turn the fragmented industrial outdoor storage sector into consolidated portfolios is paying ...

More than two dozen schools have added play areas with features like rocks, logs and water. Experts say they can help ...

Research shows that when employees make work and leisure more playful, they eat better, rest better and feel more energized.

“When kids get to play, and especially outside, they get to feel joy, they get to feel connection, they get to feel like they belong at school,” Elizabeth Cushing, CEO of the nonprofit Playworks, told ...

In today’s technologically-driven world, children’s access to outdoor play opportunities has significantly diminished. Schools, therefore, are playing an increasingly prominent role in ensuring that ...

Background Outdoor play promotes healthy development in children, fostering physical, social and cognitive growth. Play involving age-appropriate challenges is an important aspect of child development ...

Despite the well-known benefits for children’s physical and emotional health, one in 10 parents of toddlers and preschoolers say that their child plays outside just once a week—or less. This is the ...

Do you remember playing outdoors as a kid? It was a time to run around and let loose, use your imagination and explore. Maybe you walked to school, rode your bike to the swim club in the summer or ...

For plenty of us grown-ups, the time spent running around our neighborhoods or hanging by the playground swings was a highlight of our childhood. Kids today often can’t say the same, though. New ...

New research has found more than a third of children don’t play outdoors after school and one in five don’t at weekends, raising concerns about children’s physical and mental health. The study from ...