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Studies of children in playgrounds with both green areas and manufactured play areas found that children engaged in more creative forms of play in the green areas.
Richard Louv
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Richard Louv
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
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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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American family life has never been particularly idyllic. In the nineteenth century, nearly a quarter of all children experienced the death of one of their parents.... Not until the sixties did the chief cause of separation of parents shift from death to divorce.
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Nature introduces children to the idea—to the knowing—that they are not alone in this world, and that realities and dimensions exist alongside their own.
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We can conserve energy and tread more lightly on the Earth while we expand our culture's capacity for joy.
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The future will belong to the nature-smart.
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Nature-the sublime, the harsh, and the beautiful-offers something that the street or gated community or computer game cannot. Nature presents the young with something so much greater than they are it offers an environment where they can easily contemplate infinity and eternity.
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Natural play strengthens children's self-confidence and arouses their senses-their awareness of the world and all that moves in it, seen and unseen.
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The times I spent with my children in nature are among my most meaningful memories-and I hope theirs.
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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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How can our kids really understand the moral complexities of being alive if they are not allowed to engage in those complexities outdoors?
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Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.
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What if more and more parents, grandparents and kids around the country band together to create outdoor adventure clubs, family nature networks, family outdoor clubs, or green gyms? What if this approach becomes the norm in every community?
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As a species, we are most animated when our days and nights on Earth are touched by the natural world. We can find immeasurable joy in the birth of a child, a great work of art, or falling in love.
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The future will belong to the nature-smart...Th e more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.
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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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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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