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 of these places are entire universes to a young child.
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). - Richard Louv
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).
- Richard Louv
Nature is imperfectly perfect, filled with loose parts and possibilities, with mud and dust, nettles and sky, transcendent hands-on moments and skinn… - Richard Louv
Nature is imperfectly perfect, filled with loose parts and possibilities, with mud and dust, nettles and sky, transcendent hands-on moments and skinn…
The children and nature movement is fueled by this fundamental idea: the child in nature is an endangered species, and the health of children and the… - Richard Louv
The children and nature movement is fueled by this fundamental idea: the child in nature is an endangered species, and the health of children and the…
Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and hi… - Richard Louv
Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and hi…
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. - Richard Louv
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.
A natural environment is far more complex than any playing field. - Richard Louv
A natural environment is far more complex than any playing field.
Children need nature for the healthy development of their senses, and therefore, for learning and creativity. - Richard Louv
Children need nature for the healthy development of their senses, and therefore, for learning and creativity.
The future will belong to the nature-smart-those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the t… - Richard Louv
The future will belong to the nature-smart-those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the t…
Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival. - Richard Louv
Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.
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