Speakers

C&NN is pleased to recommend a speaker for your next conference, gathering, or community event. C&NN works with Jacqueline Green Public Relations, an independent agency, to bring these speakers to your community. Presentations can be supported through corporate and/or a multi-organization sponsorship. Through a collaborative approach, event organizers can work with participating organizations to share responsibility for speaking fee, travel, and costs of promotion – bringing together natural allies. This approach can result in a larger event and create the nucleus of a sustainable regional children-and-nature campaign.

A percentage of these speakersʼ fees are donated to support the work of the Children & Nature Network. Below are some suggestions for your consideration.

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Richard Louv

C&NN Chairman and co-founder, Richard Louv is the author of seven books, including Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, which helped launch an international movement to connect children to nature. In 2008, he received the Audubon Medal; former recipients include Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson and President Jimmy Carter. For more information about Richard Louv please see http://www.richardlouv.com.

[+] view YouTube video "Austin Now" -- Austin Now interview with Richard Louv

Cheryl Charles, Ph.D.

President and co-founder of C&NN, is an innovator, author, and educator who is among those instrumental in developing the worldwide movement to reconnect children and nature. She is the former founding national director of Project Learning Tree and Project WILD, the two most widely used environment education programs in North America. She speaks internationally about the benefits of nature to children.
[+] view YouTube video "The Ecology of Hope" -- Dr. Cheryl Charles presents at TEDxPittsburghLeadership 2009
[+] read EdNews Interview with Cheryl Charles, Ph.D., President, Children and Nature Network.

Martin LeBlanc

As Vice President and co-founder of C&NN and National Youth Education Director of the Sierra Club, Martin LeBlanc oversees the organization’s youth programs and advocacy efforts relating to children and nature. He is a leader of C&NN’s Natural Leaders Network, an initiative to encourage young people as leaders of the children and nature movement. A passionate speaker, he inspires audiences throughout North America.

Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D.

C&NN co-founder and board member Marti Erickson had a long career at the University of Minnesota, focusing on parent-child attachment and the risk and protective factors shaping child and family development. A popular speaker in the U.S. and abroad, Marti makes research understandable and useful for professional and general audiences. She appears regularly on TV and, with her daughter, hosts the talk show Good Enough Moms™ (www.goodenoughmoms.com).

Brother Yusuf Burgess

C&NN board member, Brother Yusuf Burgess is a Family Intervention Specialist at the Green Tech High Charter School in Albany, New York. He serves as the school’s chief community liaison to build relationships with organizations that provide services and resources to families with issues that impact student achievement and/or behavior. He speaks nationally about how the experiences in the natural world change young lives.

Juan Martinez

C&NN’s national Natural Leaders Network Coordinator, Juan Martinez is the recipient of numerous national awards and honors. He is fluent in both Spanish and English. He eloquently describes how his connection to nature has positively shaped his life. As a leader of C&NN’s Natural Leaders Initiative, he inspires young people internationally to become leaders in the children and nature movement.

Robert Michael Pyle, Ph.D.

A member of C&NN’s board of advisors, Robert Michael Pyle is a lepidopterist, inspiring speaker, and noted author of twelve books. He was recipient of the 1987 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Nature Writing. He has a Ph.D. from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, and speaks on “the extinction of experience.”

Akiima Price

A frequent C&NN collaborator, Akiima Price serves as Chief of Education and Programs at the New York Restoration Project, founded by Bette Midler. NYRP restores, develops, and revitalizes underserved parks, community gardens, and open spaces throughout New York City. An experienced, innovative and effective educator, Akiima focuses on reaching urban youth in challenging environments.

Gregory Cajete, Ph.D.

A member of C&NN’s Board of Advisors, Gregory Cajete is Director of Native American Studies and an Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico. A leading educator and Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico, Dr. Cajete bridges cultures and draws on Native wisdom for the children and nature movement.

Dudley Edmondson

Well known nature photographer, Dudley Edmondson is an author and member of C&NN’s Board of Advisors. Over his nearly 20 year career he’s captured the respect of many. Long before the publication of his book, Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places, Dudley understood the importance of his connection to nature. He wants to help others make that connection.