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Nature Play Club
Our Nature Play Club is a group of families who get together once a month for nature play. We meet at a playground and move on to explore the incredible natural environment Southern California offers.
We blog our outdoor adventures on our website which focuses on OC playgrounds as a bridge to encourage outdoor nature exploration for families.
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Michele Whiteaker .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Orange County, California
United States
approx. # of participants: 16
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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
— 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
— 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
— Orion magazine, March/April 2007
C&NN Initiatives:
Regional Leaders
Natural Leaders
Natural Families
Natural Teachers
Nature Rocks The Movement Map
C&NN Web BadgesNOW in SPANISH - Nature Clubs for Families Tool Kit
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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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