Children & Nature Network (C&NN)

TOTAL NUMBER OF MOVEMENT DIRECTORY LISTINGS TO DATE:

110 Grassroot Leadership Campaigns [+] view directory

To date, C&NN has identified over one hundred regions that have either launched or are assembling grassroots campaigns to connect children with nature. These grassroots coalitions work on the state, regional and local level to create shared strategic visions and plans and to map out a process for implementation.

Regional strategies include: public awareness campaigns and community events; legislation and policy changes; public education and advocacy. Each effort increases the number of people and organizations participating in and taking action to reconnect children with nature.

Featured Grassroot Leadership Campaign:

Kansans for Children and Nature, KCCN

Kansas

On April 13, 2009, Governor Kathleen Sebelius issued an Executive Order creating the Kansas Coalition for Children in Nature (KCCN). The KCCN was created to foster Kansas youth’s appreciation, understanding and involvement with the outdoors.
“Kansas is blessed with… [+] read more

http://www.kansasgreenschools.org/kansans-children-nature

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Grassroots Resources:

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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Annual Gathering of Grassroots Leaders

In addition to the Web site and the C&NN Publications, each year the Children & Nature Network hosts the annual Gathering of Grassroots Leaders in the movement to reconnect children and nature. Grassroots Gathering participants share inspiration, information, lessons learned, strategies for change, and creative approaches to addressing the challenges we face.

The gathering is an opportunity for Richard Louv and the Children & Nature Network board of directors to join regional leaders and to network, peer-to-peer, with members who have launched, or are planning to launch, local and regional initiatives. These gatherings provide a forum for exploring well-researched and common-sense strategies for reconnecting children and nature, now and into the future. During the gathering participants share information about their current programs and actions, ask questions, and collaborate toward more effective solutions.

Grassroots Leadership Listings

"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

“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