Science of Nature

We are a nature loving bunch. Give us all the wild romping and peering through magnifying lenses because we are here. for. it. But, as the kids get older and book studies take more time, can we really stand by this method? This issue of Common Place Quarterly spends time analyzing this question as well as topics we all love like how scouting can help us develop a deep relationship with nature and why identifying objects in the natural world matters.