Nature Club

Join us as we commit to putting our money where our mouth is and leading by example: This coming year, 2025, let’s get outside! Regularly. Daily. Many times throughout the day. Rain, Snow or Shine.

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Can we get outside so much and so often that we log 1000 hours out of doors this year? Join the challenge! 1000 HOURS OUTSIDE.

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A few years ago I joined this challenge to reclaim childhood for our kiddos - it involved logging 1000 hours outside over the course of a year. We already were pretty outdoorsy. I thought it’d be a piece of cake. A walk in the park. A done deal. Boy was I mistaken! It took some doing to shift indoor lifestyle habits already en route to getting deeply ingrained. Not easy. At all. But we did it. Sort of.

 

Then entropy took over.

 

entropy: noun

1. Physics

   a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.

   "the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time"

2. lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.

   "a marketplace where entropy reigns supreme"

 

Reversing our natural tendency towards entropy requires energy. And support from a community. In the body, reversal of entropy requires healthy mitochondria (our batteries and engines) so that the cells and organs can work properly in community with each other. In our daily lives as humans on this earth, reversal of entropy requires energy and motivation from each one of us so that others around us are infused and encouraged to do the same, so we can function properly as a whole.

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We’re committed to reversing this society-level entropy that is threatening our general health and wellbeing. While the 1000 Hours Outside movement started out as an incredible global platform to reclaim childhood and reconnect families, it is a great jumping-off point for reclaiming our health and reconnecting with Nature. Regardless of age or circumstance. Let’s piggy back on Ginny Yurich’s amazing accomplishment and broaden it’s reach! Thanks for inspiring us, Ginny! I hope to meet you one of these days.

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In the mean time, keep scrolling to peruse some of the locations we're chosen for our monthly Nature Club excursions. These outings will totally count towards your 1000 Hours Outside goals for 2025!

 

Join us!