Sierra Institute
  • What We Do
    • Community Based Natural Resource Management
      • Planning
      • Implementation
      • Collaborative Groups
    • Rural Community Development
      • North State Jobs First
      • High Road Training Partnership
      • Disadvantaged Community and Tribal Involvement Program
      • Drought Relief
      • Sierra Forest Entrepreneurs Program
    • Wood Utilization
      • Cross-Laminated Timber
      • Mass Timber Housing
      • Indian Valley Wood Utilization Campus
      • Biomass Heat
      • North State Rural Brownfields Program
    • Youth Stewardship
      • P-CREWPlumas Conservation, Restoration, & Education in Watersheds
        Plumas Conservation, Restoration, & Education in Watersheds
  • DONATE
  • About
    • About Us
    • Sierra Institute History
    • Staff and Board
    • Field Staff
    • About Indian Valley
    • Contact Us
  • Job Opportunities
  • NEWSROOM
    • Media
    • Publications
  • What We Do
    • Community Based Natural Resource Management
      • Planning
      • Implementation
      • Collaborative Groups
      • West Shore Project
      • Adult Restoration Crews
    • Rural Community Development
      • North State Jobs First
      • High Road Training Partnership
      • Disadvantaged Community and Tribal Involvement Program
      • Drought Relief
      • Community Build
      • Sierra Forest Entrepreneurs Program
      • Socioeconomic Monitoring
      • Sierra Fellows
    • Wood Utilization
      • Cross-Laminated Timber
      • Mass Timber Housing
      • Indian Valley Wood Utilization Campus
      • Biomass Heat
      • North State Rural Brownfields Program
    • Youth Stewardship
      • P-CREW
      • Natural Resource Education
  • DONATE
  • About
    • About Us
    • Sierra Institute History
    • Staff and Board
    • Field Staff
    • About Indian Valley
    • Contact Us
  • Job Opportunities
  • NEWSROOM
    • Media
    • Publications

Nature’s Embrace

July 18, 2018  |  By Sierra Institute Blogs
white hats_2018

Throughout my time at P-CREW, I’ve discovered the beauty of nature. At home, I’m a stay in-doors type of person over the weekends and during breaks. During that time, you can expect to see me just in front of my computer gaming my life away. Now, I see what I’ve been missing, nature has so much to offer! I’ve disconnected from technology and have learned to appreciate the things that nature provides for us all. It’s truly awe inspiring. Nature gives me something more meaningful by taking away the things I thought were necessities. I thought I needed my phone, electricity, a toilet, and many other things. Turns out all I really need is myself, friends, and a determined mindset. The new perspective I’ve gained from nature has impacted my experience in many ways. For one, I’m able to focus on being more present while working instead of usually worrying about what’s happening next. I’ve also learned to respect nature in all of its beauty and many forms because it provides so much life to us and keeps us sustained.

Written by Bryan Vo for Project Spotlight: Summertime with PCREW.

Learning Nature Rules! Positive Mental Attitude
Previous StoryMental Health in the Forest
Next StoryThe Life of Cariboots

Related Articles

  • IMG_1430
    Collaborative forest restoration: one response to wildfire
  • white hats_2018
    Sweet Subtleties of Summer

Sierra Institute on Instragram

Please check the widget data

Popular Posts

  • KIMG3302-1
    Sierra Institute and the Maidu Summit Consortium partner on landscape treatments on the West Shore of Lake Almanor. Thursday, 19, Nov
  • 2016-09-21-14.55.41-300×225
    P-CREW Alumni Reunion Wednesday, 10, Jan
  • Storrie_ColbyCkMdw_1
    The Restoration of Montane Meadows and Forests in the Northern Sierra Nevada Tuesday, 12, Jan
  • Landscape level management options for the Baker Cypress Friday, 7, Sep
  • IMG_0954
    Lassen Volcanic National Park News Release Wednesday, 24, Jul
  • Second House
    Harnessing Your Independence Tuesday, 20, Aug

Categories

Tags

beauty Biomass California climate change Collaboration collaborative Community Community Well Being discussion Ecosystem emotional support Environment Feather RIver Basin Forest forest health forest management forest restoration Healthy Forests land management Learning life Local Investments natural resources nature Nature Rules! research resource management rivers Rural Communities Rural Communtities Rural Economies rural life Rural Voices simple living social capital streams Tribes Urban & Rural Value Added Products watershed Watershed Health west shore project wildfire wildland urban interface wildlife

Archives

  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • November 2020
  • August 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017

Help Us Promote Vibrant Rural Communities

DONATE TODAY

P.O. Box 11, 4438 Main Street
Taylorsville, CA 95983

530-284-1022 phone
530-284-1023 fax
info@SierraInstitute.us

© 2025 Sierra Institute