Science shows that forest bathing boosts immunity, lowers blood pressure, and improves people’s moods and minds
Read moreDetailsBonnie Eissner is a freelance writer and higher education public relations professional. She started writing for West Side Rag in 2023 and has also written for the Forward and Stance on Dance magazine. She covers slices of New York City life, from art and dance to science and wildlife. See samples of her work.
Science shows that forest bathing boosts immunity, lowers blood pressure, and improves people’s moods and minds
Read moreDetailsThe goal of Love Your Street Tree Day is to encourage community members to tend to their street trees.
Read moreDetailsMeet some of the Upper West Siders who take the time to beautify our neighborhood.
Read moreDetailsBeginning this month, Upper West Siders will have easy access to some of the best birding in the world.
Read moreDetailsIn New York, plants flowered an average of 10.5 days earlier and leafed out 19 days earlier today compared to the mid-19th century.
Read moreDetailsWhile spring and fall mark the peak birdwatching seasons, winter is the time to see the waterfowl who flock to Central Park.
Read moreDetailsHe uses trees as portals through which people can connect more deeply with nature, a concept similar to birding.
Read moreDetails“Some people still want to see movies in a theater with an audience."
Read moreDetailsWalkingStick paints these and other landscapes with a sensuousness and a deceptive simplicity that whet the appetite for nature.
Read moreDetailsLocal experts weighed in on where in the neighborhood to find trees that show off the leaf pigments and fall phenomena.
Read moreDetailsFrom domestic labor to sex work, practicing medicine to making clothes, women’s labor is ubiquitous, defies categorization, and is political.
Read moreDetailsFrom mid-August to mid-October, the fall bird migration peaks, and the UWS is a prime place to discover the joys of birding.
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