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Help us celebrate the Natural Leaders Network and your personal connection with the outdoors by participating in Natural Leaders Network Get Outside Day! 2010. Young people across the nation are organizing events in their community to highlight the need to reconnect all youth and all people with the great outdoors. These events are defined, orchestrated, and executed by youth with aid from collaborative partnerships.

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Natural Leaders Events

Organize your own event or join one of the NLN Get Outside Day! events listed below.

Type	Title	Location
natural leaders get outside	Fifth Annual Leatherback Turtle Festival	-- Luquillo
natural leaders get outside	“Dorshaw” Yosemite WildLink Trip	California Yosemite Natl Pk
natural leaders get outside	Canyoneer Hike Lake Hodges	California Enscondido
natural leaders get outside	L.A. Natural Leaders at Black Eyed Peas Concert	California Los Angeles
natural leaders get outside	Los Angeles Natural Leaders Day	California Los Angeles
natural leaders get outside	Torrey Pines State Preserve Outing	California San Diego
natural leaders get outside	Family Naturalists Hour	Florida Ruskin
natural leaders get outside	Boundary County Community Walkabout	Idaho Bonners Ferry
natural leaders get outside	Clean the Creek!	Maine South Portland
natural leaders get outside	Build Naturally Fun!	Nebraska Lincoln
natural leaders get outside	Get Outside on the Rio Grande	New Mexico Albuquerque
natural leaders get outside	Bird watching in Central Park	New York New York
natural leaders get outside	Community Clean-UP 2010	New York Albany
natural leaders get outside	Community Garden outing	New York Bronx
natural leaders get outside	Exploring a “Green” Sense of Place in Nearby Nature	New York Albany
natural leaders get outside	Natural Leaders Day Nature Hike	New York Bronx
natural leaders get outside	Natural Leaders hike Bear Mountain	New York Bear Mountain
natural leaders get outside	Nature hike through the Bronx River Forest	New York Bronx, NY
natural leaders get outside	Blue Ridge Parkway Home School Day	North Carolina Spruce Pine
natural leaders get outside	NC CAN Conference	North Carolina Asheboro
natural leaders get outside	Bike Aboard!	Ohio Peninsula
natural leaders get outside	Sky Dance	Ohio Brecksville
natural leaders get outside	Developing Leaders Naturally at Meadowood	Virginia Lorton
natural leaders get outside	Kids In the Valley, Adventuring! celebrates NLN Get Outside Day!	Virginia Roanoke
natural leaders get outside	Natural Leader Day Outdoor Explore	Virginia Ashburn
natural leaders get outside	Outdoor Explore	Virginia Ashburn
natural leaders get outside	6th Annual Pullman Stream Clean-Up	Washington Pullman
natural leaders get outside	Kamiak Hike	Washington Palouse
natural leaders get outside	Outdoor Adventure Nature Walk	Washington Vancouver
natural leaders	Test NLN Network	California San Anselmo

"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

C&NN Initiatives:

Regional Leadership Support

Natural Leaders Network

Natural Families Network

Natural Teachers Network

Nature Rocks

The Movement Map

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NOW in SPANISH - Nature Clubs for Families Tool Kit

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Just for Parents

Resources, tools, and Inspiration for parents and caregivers. Visit Nature Rocks!

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
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