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By Richard Louv on September 7th, 2011

APOCALYPSE NO: Something large and hopeful is forming out there. You’re already creating it.

Why is the future so often portrayed as a post-apocalyptic dystopia, filled with human brutality and stripped of nature? For decades, our culture has struggled with two addictions: to oil and to despair. But what if our lives were as immersed in nature as they are in technology every day? What if we not only conserved nature, but created [...]

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By Suz Lipman on June 17th, 2010

Summer Camp: An Antidote to Nature-Deficit Disorder

Summer is upon us and, for many families, that means a traditional camp experience for their children. But even the camp experience has changed over the years to reflect what Richard Louv noted in 2005′s Last Child in the Woods as a “shift in our relationship to the natural world … even in settings that [...]

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By Suz Lipman on March 18th, 2010

Summer Camp Attendance on Rise

Despite a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study revealing that the average young person spends nearly eight hours a day with electronic media, attendance at traditional summer camp is up. U.S. camp attendance has grown by an average of one to three percent per year over the past several years. Parents report absorbing the message that [...]

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Tag: "Summer Camp"

APOCALYPSE NO: Something large and hopeful is forming out there. You’re already creating it.

Summer Camp: An Antidote to Nature-Deficit Disorder

Summer Camp Attendance on Rise

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