We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn't count anymore, the future is in electronics, the boogeyman is in the woods, and playing outdoors is probably illicit and possibly illegal.
Richard LouvRead
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).
Interpretation
Spending time in nature is crucial for both children's health and our own well-being.
Richard Louv highlights the importance of engaging with nature, suggesting that it is not merely a pastime but a vital part of nurturing children's physical and mental health, as well as our own. This statement encourages a reevaluation of how we allocate our time, pointing out that time spent outdoors is a necessary investment that yields long-term benefits for individuals and society.
In practice
During a community health seminar focused on child development and wellness.
We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn't count anymore, the future is in electronics, the boogeyman is in the woods, and playing outdoors is probably illicit and possibly illegal.
Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.
The future will belong to the nature-smart...Th e more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.
We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children's memories, the adventures we've had together in nature will always exist.
Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses. The disorder can be detected in individuals, families, and communities.
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 'nature.'
The world has different owners at sunrise... Even your own garden does not belong to you. Rabbits and blackbirds have the lawns; a tortoise-shell cat who never appears in daytime patrols the brick walls, and a golden-tailed pheasant glints his way through the iris spears.
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orch-ard white, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night.
Invariably our best nights were those when it rained.
Summer in the deep South is not only a season, a climate, it's a dimension. Floating in it, one must be either proud or submerged.
As long as one has a garden, one has a future. As long as one has a future, one is alive.
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