How Playing Outside Impacts Your Well-Being | Craig Childs

Does getting away from human artifacts affect our brains? In this surprising talk, Craig Childs connects our decision-making abilities and sense of well-being with the power of playing outside.

Craig Childs writes about the relationship between humans, animals, landscape, and time. He has published more than a dozen books, including Apocalyptic Planet, which won the Orion Book Award and the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Men's Journal, and Outside. An occasional commentator for National Public Radio's Morning Edition, Childs lives in Western Colorado and teaches writing.