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Burlington Free Press – December 06, 2009
Vermont Filmmaker Explores Positive Influence of Nature
By Joel Banner Baird
Vermont filmmaker Camilla Rockwell’s new documentary explores how time spent in nature influences child health and development, and suggests ways that adults can revive young people's appetite for the outdoors. As Rockwell tells the Burlington Free Press, she was inspired to create the film after reading Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods.
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Commentary | Media & Culture
Burlington County Times – March 18, 2008
New Book Looks at Nature Through Child’s Eyes
By Kristen Coppock
A child’s first discoveries of the natural world are the subject of a new book. Written by an American now living in Germany, Luisa’s Nature tries to capture the wonder and curiosity inspired by a young girl’s first encounters with plants and animals large and small. The author hopes that his work encourages parents to teach their children about nature and raises readers’ awareness of the environment.
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Commentary
Bellingham Herald – October 03, 2007
Author, educator defends a childhood that allows ‘inner wildness’
By Kie Relyea
Author and educator Chris Mercogliano encourages parents and caregivers to let kids play alone. "A ‘controlled’ childhood can lead to later problems," says Mercogliano. He also emphasizes the importance of getting them into the outdoors. “Get kids out into the natural world. There’s a real strong connection between wildness of an inner kind and wildness of an outer kind, the wildness we find in nature.”
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Commentary
The Philadelphia Inquirer – June 27, 2007
An idea as dangerous as all outdoors
By Karen Heller
“The Dangerous Book for Boys.” What is that about? This retro-edition book about any number of politically incorrect things boys can do as they play outdoors, from skinning a rabbit to waterproofing matches, celebrates an era of boyish innocence and inspires a newspaper columnist to consider the larger issue of nature-deficit disorder.
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Commentary | Education
The World Future Society ranks nature-deficit disorder #5
Children today are spending less time in direct contact with nature than did previous generations. The impacts are showing up not only in their lack of physical fitness, but also in the growing prevalence of hyperactivity and attention deficit.
National | Education
USA TODAY – November 22, 2006
The Children & Nature movement makes front page news in USA Today’s Thanksgiving Day edition.
By Wendy Koch
A back-to-nature movement to reconnect children with the outdoors is burgeoning nationwide. Programs, public and private, are starting or expanding as research shows kids suffer health problems, including obesity, from too much sedentary time indoors with TV and computers.
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Commentary | Media & Culture
SF Chronicle, Tuesday, April 24, 2007
A fed-up soccer mom calls for time out
By Steve Weinberg
Revolution in the Bleachers; How Parents Can Take Back Family Life in a World Gone Crazy Over Youth Sports
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Natural Leader Tamara Poles and Virginia Museum of Natural History are Putting People Back in Touch with Nature
Nearly 13,000 people have taken part in 247 programs of the Community Nature Initiative. [+]
TRACK Trails Offer Nationwide Weapon Against Nature-Deficit Disorder
New interpretive trail system for kids comes to U.S. national parks. [+]
Applications Open for 2012 TogetherGreen Fellowships and Innovation Grants
Audubon & Toyota seek to fund promising conservation leaders and community-based projects. [+]
“No Child Left Ashore” Movement Makes Waves
SF Bay Area's Pegasus Project gets students out on the water, where transformations occur. [+]
Play England Calls for Support to Help Kids Play Outside
Research shows that 21% of children play outdoors daily, compared to 71% during their parents'… [+]
A Healing Place for Children
C&NN Founding Chair Richard Louv consulting on new children's treatment center in MN, which is… [+]
National Kids to Parks Day Set for May 19
Nationwide day of outdoor play organized by National Park Trust. Classroom contest ends March 1. [+]
Chevy Chase, MD, Preschool Encourages Learning Outside the Box
Preschoolers spend at least half a day outside in woods, in all seasons. [+]
Study: Preschoolers Need to Get a Move On
Most pre-school children spend hours doing sedentary activities instead of playing outside, research has shown. [+]
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