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The future will belong to the nature-smart...Th e more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.

Richard Louv

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Richard Louv
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
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The future will belong to the nature-smart.
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Stress reduction, greater physical health, a deeper sense of spirit, more creativity, a sense of play, even a safer life-these are the rewards that await a family then it invites more nature into children's lives.
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Time in nature is not leisure time it's an essential investment in our chidlren's health (and also, by the way, in our own).
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If a child never sees the stars, never has meaningful encounters with other species, never experiences the richness of nature, what happens to that child?
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When you're sitting in front of a screen, you're not using all of your senses at the same time. Nowhere than in nature do kids use their senses in such a stimulated way.
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An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological health, risk to children's concept and perception of community, risk to self-confidence and the ability to discern true danger
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To take nature and natural play away from children may be tantamount to withholding oxygen.
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In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.
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This seems clear enough: When truly present in nature, we do use all our senses at the same time, which is the optimum state of learning.
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Some kids don't want to be organized all the time. They want to let their imaginations run they want to see where a stream of water takes them.
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These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find.
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Prize the natural spaces and shorelines most of all, because once they're gone, with rare exceptions they're gone forever. In our bones we need the natural curves of hills, the scent of chapparal, the whisper of pines, the possibility of wildness. We require these patches of nature for our mental health and our spiritual resilience.
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Now, my tree-climbing days long behind me, I often think about the lasting value of those early, deliciously idle days. I have come to appreciate the long view afforded by those treetops. The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.
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What if a tree fell in the forest and no one knew it's biological name? Did it exist?
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Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.
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Nature is beautiful, but not always pretty.
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Natural playgrounds may decrease bullying.
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Nature does not steal time, it amplifies it.
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Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day.
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We do not raise our children alone.... Our children are also raised by every peer, institution, and family with which they come in contact. Yet parents today expect to be blamed for whatever results occur with their children, and they expect to do their parenting alone.
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