

HDT Team
- May 23, 2019
- 3 min
Time in Nature Important for Kids’ Mental Health
Happy Dancing Turtle has long been an advocate of all people, especially children, getting outside. The mental, physical, and emotional...


HDT Team
- Aug 22, 2018
- 11 min
Introduction to Camping: Wilderness Camping
“In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and...


HDT Team
- Aug 12, 2018
- 4 min
An Introduction to Camping: The Why & The Where
We’re talking about camping all this month here at HDT. It’s a great time to squeeze in that last minute camping trip with the family...


HDT Team
- May 14, 2018
- 3 min
Nature Notes: Birding Bonanza in the Driftless Region
The Trempealeau Hotel, a quintessential restaurant of the Driftless Region located in a historic building from the 1880s. It is one of...


HDT Team
- May 11, 2018
- 4 min
Screen Free Week Observations
Last week children, families, entire schools, and communities across the nation participated in Screen Free Week, endeavoring to not use...


HDT Team
- Jul 24, 2017
- 3 min
Vitamin N(ature)
Neither “Natural Deficit Disorder” or “Vitamin N” are actual medical terms but rather two phrases coined by Richard Louv. The author of...


HDT Team
- May 6, 2016
- 5 min
Nature Notes: Spring Ephemerals
May is a month of treasure hunts. I like to explore the outdoors with a specific treasure in mind. How many butterflies can I find today?...


HDT Team
- May 2, 2016
- 3 min
The 30×30 Challenge!
Click here to view the full size. This month, many of the Happy Dancing Turtle staff have agreed to participate in the 30×30 Workplace...