Children & Nature Network (C&NN)

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A number of individuals and organizations have played key roles in building the children and nature movement. To date there are more than 50 regional grassroots campaigns and more than 20 family nature clubs, and the numbers are growing.

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Download C&NN's Tools For Change: Resources for leaders, organizers, and participants at the local, national, and international levels:

Children and Nature 2008: A Report on the Movement to Reconnect Children to the Natural World
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C&NN Community Action Guide: Building the Children & Nature Movement from the Ground Up
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C&NN's Nature Clubs for Families Tool Kit
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"If you go with long-term significance, my pick for the top story of not only 2009 but also of the 21st Century is the pandemic of Nature Deficit Disorder, a term so aptly coined by Richard Louv in his best-selling outdoor book, Last Child in the Woods...."
— Bill Schneider, NewWest.Net

“Concerns about long-term consequences—affecting emotional well-being, physical health, learning abilities, environmental consciousness—have spawned a national movement to ‘leave no child inside.’ In recent months, it has been the focus of Capitol Hill hearings, state legislative action, grassroots projects, a U.S. Forest Service initiative to get more children into the woods and a national effort to promote a ‘green hour’ in each day.”
— Washington Post, June 2007

All of us share a sense of common purpose. We represent many, many others—some we know, and others we have never met. People throughout the world are increasingly connected by a resonance and passion, to create a new common sense for the good health of children today and generations to come.
– Cheryl Charles

“The movement to reconnect children to the natural world has arisen quickly, spontaneously, and across the usual social, political, and economic dividing lines.”
— Orion magazine, March/April 2007

Newsletter Archive

FEB 2010 – Updates from Michigan

JAN 2010 – From the Grassroots

DEC 09 – Season's Greetings

NOV 09 – C&NN News & Updates

OCT 09 – C&NN Publications

SEPT 09 – Major Media

JULY 09 – Summer Reading

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C&NN Publications

As part of our ongoing efforts to build the movement, the Children & Nature Network has published two new resources for leaders, organizers, and participants at the local, national, and international levels:
Children and Nature 2009: A Report on the Movement to Reconnect Children to the Natural World
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C&NN Community Action Guide: Building the Children & Nature Movement from the Ground Up
[>] Download PDF [1.4MB]