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Awareness Month

Maryland Partnership for Children in Nature

Maryland

April 21, 2009

Governor O'Malley has received the draft Maryland Partnership for Children in Nature Plan. The plan emphasises existing and new opportunities that will increase environmental literacy and the public's connection to nature throughout the state.

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/download/CIN_DOC_FINAL_ForWeb.pdf

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(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Program Manager, Maryland DNR

Maryland

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/children_nature/

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“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

“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

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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 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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Research Vol. 1

An annotated bibliography of 20 premier studies focusing on the children and nature connection.

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