30 Jan
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An Interview with Richard Louv: Using the Nature Principle and Camps to Reduce Nature-Deficit Disorder – for Children and Adults

Posted By: Jen in Articles, News    

What progress have you seen in the movement to connect children and nature since you wrote Last Child in the Woods in 2005?

Last Child didn’t create the children and nature movement. That was already percolating, and America’s camps have always been part of that. But the book proved to be a useful tool, and I’m grateful for that. For the most part, it’s...

30 Jan
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Classroom Contest for National Kids to Parks Day on May 19, 2012

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National Kids to Parks Day Set for May 19, 2012

 ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Classroom Contest Encourages Kids to Plan New & Exciting Ways to Explore Outdoors
Children, parents and teachers are gearing up for this year's National Kids to Parks Day (KTP), a nation-wide day of outdoor play organized by National Park Trust (NPT) in...

2 Jan
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Playing in the mud is okay at HumaNature School in Traverse City

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Education in the Outdoors
 
 
 

Playing in the mud is okay at HumaNature School

Listen closely to the birds in the forest canopy, taste the edible roots and feel the wind in your hair. This is part of a primary satisfaction – the moments we experience first-hand, inaccessible by television, recollections in a magazine or Facebook...

30 Dec
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GKO Receives First Individual Donation!

Posted By: Alison in Articles, Big Feature, Educators, Feature, GKO, Spotlight    

Thank You Sarah (Frey) Rose and Frey Foundation!  Over the 2011 holiday, Getting Kids Outdoors was honored to receive a donation from Ms. Sarah (Frey) Rose, trustee of the Frey Foundation.  These funds are to be used to support GKO and its efforts to do what it does best - get kids outdoors!  On behalf of Getting Kids Outdoors' volunteers and partners, we would like...

29 Dec
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Kids need adventure. Parent need to teach them how.

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Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Kids need adventure. Parents need to teach them how.

 
Kids want adventure. Parents think it's a good thing. So why doesn't it happen more?  
Do you get bored with routine? Do you long for more adventure in your life? Do you think your kids do? Do you think it matters? Research conducted by One Poll in the UK in...

29 Nov
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THE “VITAMIN N” PRESCRIPTION – Some Health Professionals Now Recommending Nature Time for Children and Adults

Posted By: Alison in Articles, Educators, News    

 

About the Author

Richard Louv is Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Children and Nature Network. He is the author of "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder"and "The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder."
By Richard Louv on July 26th, 2011

In 2009, Janet Ady of the

29 Nov
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London moves to reconnect children with nature

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Posted on November 18, 2011 | 6 Comments

Sowing the seeds report front coverMy new report Sowing the Seeds: Reconnecting children with nature was launched at City Hall yesterday morning. The report, written for the London Sustainable Development Commission (the body that advises the Mayor of London on sustainability) sets out a new vision for children’s relationship with nature, and maps out an action...

29 Nov
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Why does nature matter to children? What’s the evidence?

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Posted on November 28, 2011 | 5 Comments

Sowing the seeds literature review coverWhat happens when children spend time in natural environments – and what happens if they do not? What does the empirical evidence say? And what other insights might the research literature hold? These were the questions that I wanted to answer in my literature review [pdf link] for the Sowing the Seeds project – published on...