Nature deficit disorder

Nature deficit disorder – a sense of place ….

03/18/2012 admin Children and Nature, Nature deficit disorder

This article by MICHAEL VINCENT MCGINNIS builds on the theme by describing an important problem — ecological illiteracy. Comments here below or at Learn From Nature There is no place on earth with more resources than this community. This region can forge a more sustainable and intimate relationship between human beings and the natural world — the mountains, [...]

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Kids need to ‘get off their butts’

03/01/2012 admin Children and Nature, Nature deficit disorder

Much concern exists about children’s lack of connection with nature, says Marc Bekoff, Ph.D. , from Children and Nature . Comments here or to NAEEUK In a recent essay I wrote about the need for “wild” play by children and the great concern that it is declining globally. Now, I’ve just read that a survey of 8100 [...]

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Ten ways camps reduce nature deficit disorder

02/24/2012 admin Children and Nature

Adapted from keynote address, American Camp Association National Conference, Feb. 22, 2012 | Children and Nature and NAEEUK When I was a teenager, I resented camp. Because I never went to camp. Every summer, my buddy Pete would disappear for weeks. He’d leave Kansas and head to Sanborn Western Camp in the mountains west of Colorado [...]

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Nature deficit campaign – cynical move by The National Trust!?

02/17/2012 admin Children and Nature

? Good on The National Trust for promoting the re-connection of young people and their environment, associated with the Children and Nature Movement in the United States, recognised as nature deficit disorder. Cynics could argue this is simply a PR stunt by the Trust, to praise its profile, but I still prefer to say ‘good on [...]

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