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, cycle home in the dark with the stars and moon illuminating their route, walk down through the woods to the river, lie on their backs on hot July days in the long grass, or watch cockleburs, lit by morning sun, like bumblees quivering on harp wires? What then?
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
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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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