Eco Voice

Why the spaces around children matter – Melbourne based Urban Discovery urges schools, councils and communities to recognise nature-rich habitats for play as essential to children’s learning, regulation and wellbeing

The spaces children move through every day quietly shape how they think, feel, connect and learn. A log can become a bridge, a balancing beam or the beginning of a story. A patch of soil can become a laboratory. A quiet pocket of planting can become the place a child goes to…