We cannot protect something we do not love, we cannot love what we do not know, and we cannot know what we do not see. Or hear. Or sense..

Each of us-adult or child-must earn nature's gift by knowing nature directly, however difficult it may be to glean that knowledge in an urban environ….

A natural environment is far more complex than any playing field..

Rather than accepting the drifting separation of the generations, we might begin to define a more complex and interesting set of life stages and pare….

Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and hi….

Something else was different when we were young: our parents were outdoors. I’m not saying they were joining health clubs and things of that sort, bu….

What happens when all the parts of childhood are soldered down, when the young no longer have the time or space to play in their family's garden, cyc….

The dugout in the weeds or leaves beneath a backyard willow, the rivulet of a seasonal creek, even the ditch between the front yard and the road-all ….

As the young spend less of their lives in natural surroundings, their senses narrow, physiologically and psychologically and this reduces the richnes….

The future will belong to the nature-smart-those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the t….

A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to be careful how you describe and define '….

How can our kids really understand the moral complexities of being alive if they are not allowed to engage in those complexities outdoors?.

To take nature and natural play away from children may be tantamount to withholding oxygen..

What would our lives be like if our days and nights were as immersed in nature as they are in technology?.

Nature does not steal time, it amplifies it..

The future will belong to the nature-smart..

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….

This tree house became our galleon, our spaceship, our Fort Apache...Ours was a learning tree. Through it we learned to trust ourselves and our abili….

Green exercise improves psychological health..

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….

An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological….