Richard Louv

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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The Forgotten Human Right

01/02/2012 admin Children and Nature

There is a growing and compelling body of evidence that regular and ready access to a wildlife-rich environment is essential for children’s health and wellbeing. Tony King, Scottish Wildlife Trust. NAEE UK is part of the movement…. http://twitter.com/#!/NAEE_UK & http://twitter.com/#!/LearnFromNature. “Nothing so important as an ethic is ever ‘written’… it evolves in the minds of a thinking community.” [...]

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Get our Scouts outside….

12/31/2011 admin Children and Nature, Nature deficit disorder

From the January-February 2012 issue of Scouting magazine AS WE LOOK AHEAD to our second century, our outdoor programs are more vital than ever. Last Child in the Woods author Richard Louv writes about the huge gap between children and the outdoors and how that leads to higher rates of obesity, attention disorders, and depression. At [...]

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Nature Deficit Disorder: Spiritual fallout from our disconnect with God’s creation

12/04/2011 admin Children and Nature

From Children and Nature http://twitter.com/#!/ChildrenNature and http://twitter.com/#!/LearnFromNature “If one steps out on a starry night and observes one’s inner state, one asks if one could hate or be overwhelmed by envy or resentment. … Is it not true that no man or woman has ever committed a crime while in a state of wonder?” — Jacob Needleman from A [...]

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A MOVEMENT MOVES: 15 Signs of Progress for ‘Children and Nature’

12/02/2011 admin Children and Nature

“A movement moves.” — Rev. Gerald L. Durley All of us involved with the Children & Nature Network recognize the challenges ahead, the miles to go, the promises and deadlines to keep. But for the children and nature movement, 2011 has been a banner year. Here are a few of the achievements accomplished during the past eleven months by the [...]

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