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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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Richard Louv
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
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Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.
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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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Nature does not steal time, it amplifies it.
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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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In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.
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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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