Media & Culture News
Commentary | Review
San Francisco Chronicle
The Wild World Beyond the Playing Field
By Regan McMahon
Writer Regan McMahon explains why kids who are long on organized sports and short on unstructured play outdoors deserve time to explore nature at their own speed.
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National | Leadership
The Economist – February 08, 2007
Put down that Xbox, young man
The Economist reports on leaders in the Children and Nature movement [+]
Commentary | Review
SF Chronicle, Tuesday, April 24, 2007
A fed-up soccer mom calls for time out
By Steve Weinberg
Revolution in the Bleachers; How Parents Can Take Back Family Life in a World Gone Crazy Over Youth Sports
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National | Review
Washington Post – June 19, 2007
“Lost in the Great Indoors” the Washington Post’s front page report on today’s children
By Donna St. George
Giving the children and nature movement front page coverage, the Washington Post reported on parents, advocacy groups, and the launch of a 20 million dollar campaign to fund initiatives to reconnect children and nature.
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C&NN has designated April "Children & Nature Awareness Month." As part of this effort, we invited network members (like you) to list their April programs and share their strategies for building public awareness. Find out what's happening in your community on the C&NN Movement Map.
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:
An annotated bibliography of 20 premier studies focusing on the children and nature connection.
