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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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Nature
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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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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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By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility.
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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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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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Nature does not steal time, it amplifies it.
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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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What if a tree fell in the forest and no one knew it's biological name? Did it exist?
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We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn't count anymore, the future is in electronics, the boogeyman is in the woods, and playing outdoors is probably illicit and possibly illegal.
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From 1997 to 2003, there was a decline of 50 percent in the proportion of children nine to twelve who spent time in such outside activities as hiking, walking, fishing, beach play, and gardening, according to a study by Sandra Hofferth at the University of Maryland.
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If war occurs, that positive adult contact in every shape is needed more than ever. It will be a matter of emotional life and death. There's not a handy one-minute way of talking to your kid about war.
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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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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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The future will belong to the nature-smart...Th e more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.
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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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Every child needs nature. Not just the ones with parents who appreciate nature. Not only those of a certain economic class or culture or set of abilities. Every child.
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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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The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.
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