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Appalachian Mountain Club

Founded in 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is the nation's oldest outdoor recreation and conservation organization, with 12 chapters from Maine to Washington, D.C. The AMC promotes the protection, enjoyment, and wise use of the mountains, rivers, and trails of the Northeast outdoors. Over 8,000 trips are offered by AMC each year--from local chapter activities to staff-led trips and programs at AMC lodges and huts--for every ability level and outdoor interest.

The AMC works with over 30,000 young people each year, teaching outdoor skills and building awareness of conservation issues through programs such as family camp at AMC lodges, volunteer teen trail crews, and A Mountain Classroom and Teen Wilderness Adventures programs. The AMC also serves young people in urban and rural areas through its Youth Opportunities Program by training leaders in youth agencies.

http://www.outdoors.org

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Pam Hess   .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

5 Joy St.
Boston,  Massachusetts  02108
United States

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"If you go with long-term significance, my pick for the top story of not only 2009 but also of the 21st Century is the pandemic of Nature Deficit Disorder, a term so aptly coined by Richard Louv in his best-selling outdoor book, Last Child in the Woods...."
— Bill Schneider, NewWest.Net
“Concerns about long-term consequences—affecting emotional well-being, physical health, learning abilities, environmental consciousness—have spawned a national movement to ‘leave no child inside.’ In recent months, it has been the focus of Capitol Hill hearings, state legislative action, grassroots projects, a U.S. Forest Service initiative to get more children into the woods and a national effort to promote a ‘green hour’ in each day.”
— Washington Post, June 2007
“The movement to reconnect children to the natural world has arisen quickly, spontaneously, and across the usual social, political, and economic dividing lines.”
— Orion magazine, March/April 2007

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C&NN Publications

As part of our ongoing efforts to build the movement, the Children & Nature Network has published these resources for leaders, organizers, and participants at the local, national, and international levels:

2010 C&NN Report
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Children and Nature 2009: A Report on the Movement to Reconnect Children to the Natural World
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C&NN Community Action Guide: Building the Children & Nature Movement from the Ground Up
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