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These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find.

Richard Louv

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Richard Louv
Age: 76
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
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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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Natural playgrounds may decrease bullying.
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Nature does not steal time, it amplifies it.
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Progress does not have to be patented to be worthwhile. Progress can also be measured by our interactions with nature and its preservation. Can we teach children to look at a flower and see all the things it represents: beauty, the health of an ecosystem, and the potential for healing?
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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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Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.
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To take nature and natural play away from children may be tantamount to withholding oxygen.
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