A Young Person’s Connection to Nature
Ecology Global Network – July 03, 2010
By Karen de Leon
In Los Angeles, where I was born, there aren’t many places easily available to experience nature. Yes, there are parks but it’s not the same when all you care about is getting a turn on the slide and crying because you want an ice cream cone! And most of the time parents don’t have the time to take their kids down the street to the park because when they do, even if it’s a block from where they live, they just have to take the car. When I came to the Bay Area it seemed so different because there were…
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