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Statewide Campaign

Houston, Texas United States

This campaign is Statewide.

The Texas Children in Nature Coalition unites over 60 organizations across the state interested in connecting children with nature and sharing resources. Members are actively sharing the message of the importance of play in nature in their many programs. Major projects so far include development of a "Life's better outside" campaign, Green Ribbon Schools Recognition program and creating regional guides to local nature opportunities. A Pediatric Obesity Tool Kit developed by the Texas Pediatric Society offers medical professionals guides for assessing and assisting families. A feature of the tool kit includes a prescription for outdoor play. A new Texas Partnership for Children in Nature, a public-private partnership requested by a bipartisan set of legislators, will create a strategic plan for increasing opportunities for children to connect with nature, learn outdoors and better understand Texas's natural resources. The plan is due in November 2010. Members of the Coalition include nature centers, parks, governmental and non-governmental organizations and professionals from all walks of life. We welcome participation through our online network or at meetings in Austin.

http://groups.google.com/group/texas-children-in-nature

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(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Outdoor Learning Programs Manager, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

4200 Smith School Rd
Austin, Texas 78744 United States

http://groups.google.com/group/texas-children-in-nature

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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

“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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As part of our ongoing efforts to build the movement, the Children & Nature Network has published these 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
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