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All spiritual life begins with a sense of wonder, and nature is a window into that wonder.

Richard Louv

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Richard Louv
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
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The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.
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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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There’s no denying the benefits of the Internet. But electronic immersion, without a force to balance it, creates the hole in the boat — draining our ability to pay attention, to think clearly, to be productive and creative.
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We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children's memories, the adventures we've had together in nature will always exist.
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To take nature and natural play away from children may be tantamount to withholding oxygen.
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As the young spend less of their lives in natural surroundings, their senses narrow, physiologically and psychologically and this reduces the richness of human experience we need contact with nature.
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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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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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The times I spent with my children in nature are among my most meaningful memories-and I hope theirs.
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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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Kids are plugged into some sort of electronic medium 44 hours per week.
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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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Use all of your senses.
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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.
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There's a generation now that didn't grow up in nature. Some of these adults are parents and they know that nature is good for their kids but they don't know where to start.
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Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.
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By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility.
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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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