Kids Picking TV Over Trees
The Nature Conservancy – June 28, 2007
By Oliver Pergams, Ph.D. and Patricia Zaradic, Ph.D.
ARLINGTON, VA — A new Nature Conservancy-funded study has confirmed evidence of a growing trend: more American families are spending time in front of the television and away from the great outdoors. The study, published this month in the Journal of Development Processes, also cited serious consequences for the future of conservation. “The greatest threat to conservation…may be more subtle than bulldozers and chainsaws,” wrote authors Oliver Pergams, Ph.D. and Patricia Zaradic, Ph.D. “Direct experience with nature is the most highly cited influence on environmental attitude and conservation activism.” Researchers added if the youngest generation loses that experience, the future…
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