http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog Field Notes from the Future: Tracking the Movement to Connect People and Nature Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2012/01/26/every-child-needs-nature-12-questions-about-equity-and-capacity/ http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2012/01/26/every-child-needs-nature-12-questions-about-equity-and-capacity/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:57:33 +0000 Richard Louv http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/?p=4046 Every child needs nature. Not just the ones with parents who appreciate nature. Not only those of a certain economic class or culture or set of abilities. Every child. If a child never sees the stars, never has meaningful encounters with other species, never experiences the richness of nature, what happens to that child? In [...]]]> http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2012/01/26/every-child-needs-nature-12-questions-about-equity-and-capacity/feed/ 4 http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2012/01/24/the-age-of-emptiness-or-the-coming-creativity/ http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2012/01/24/the-age-of-emptiness-or-the-coming-creativity/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:54:05 +0000 Richard Louv http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/?p=3990 One day, while driving down a freeway, I looked up to see an empty sky where there had been mountaintops. Dust was rising as massive earth graders rumbled across a now-blank plain. Seemingly overnight, they had sliced away the horizon. Later came rows of mini-mansions devoid of color or individuality or visual meaning, and shopping malls, [...]]]> http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2012/01/24/the-age-of-emptiness-or-the-coming-creativity/feed/ 3 http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2012/01/14/and-now-a-few-words-about-the-children-nature-network/ http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2012/01/14/and-now-a-few-words-about-the-children-nature-network/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:07:07 +0000 Richard Louv http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/?p=3888 After “Last Child in the Woods” was published in 2005, a handful of like-minded individuals came together to form the Children & Nature Network. Our mission: to help build a movement to reconnect children, their families and their communities to nature—for human health and well-being, cognitive development, stronger community — and for the good of the planet. For [...]]]> http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2012/01/14/and-now-a-few-words-about-the-children-nature-network/feed/ 4 http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2011/12/28/the-forgotten-human-right/ http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2011/12/28/the-forgotten-human-right/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:35:58 +0000 Richard Louv http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/?p=3744 http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2011/12/28/the-forgotten-human-right/feed/ 9 http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2011/12/19/holiday-love-letters/ http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2011/12/19/holiday-love-letters/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:28:40 +0000 Richard Louv http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/?p=3677 http://www.childrenandnature.org/blog/2011/12/19/holiday-love-letters/feed/ 3