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National | Access
The (Puyallup) Herald – December 20, 2007
Last Child in the Woods a Topic at Land-Use Forum
By Susan Schell
A public forum on how to manage more than 2,000 acres in Washington’s Carbon River Valley provided citizens a chance to stress the importance of reconnecting people with nature. “These topics are becoming more and more important to a wider population of people,” noted one speaker, who added that the book Last Child in the Woods reflects a shift in public thinking over land use.
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State | Campaign/Initiative
Concord Monitor – December 09, 2007
New Hampshire Puts Ideas into Action
By John Corrigan
With a wealth of resources and enthusiasm, New Hampshire can lead the way in the children and nature movement. Its recent Leave No Child Inside Forum in Concord, a follow-up to a conference held last spring, gathered hundreds of conservationists, outdoor enthusiasts, educators, public health professionals, and others. Chief among their goals was organizing efforts at the local level and developing a plan of action.
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State
“Leave No New Mexico Child Inside” campaign gathers support in Albuquerque
December 13, 2007 -- The Sierra Club's Building Bridges to the Outdoors and Children & Nature Network hosted an evening with Richard Louv. Featuring regional leaders from the the "Leave No New Mexico Child Inside" campaign, this event offered an opportunity to learn how to reconnect children, and grandchildren, with the natural world and to discover more about the wide range of outdoor education and recreations programs available in the region.
State
NewsEngine – November 15, 2007
Saving New Hampshire Children from Nature Deficit Disorder
What does the future of childhood look like in New Hampshire? What can communities do to help re-connect children and families to our great outdoors, improving their health and well being in the process? Parents and caregivers, educators, health professionals, planners, conservationists, businesspeople and others were invited to tackle these questions at the New Hampshire Leave No Child Inside Forum: A Community Conversation about Connecting Children and Nature. [+]
State
Main Today – October 31, 2007
Maine Audubon applauds Allen, Collins, and Snowe
By Maine Audubon
Maine Audubon applauds Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. Olympia Snowe, and Rep. Tom Allen for leading the way for passage of important federal legislation that would bring environmental education back to the forefront of classrooms nationwide.
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Allies | Access
Small farmers cultivating tourist trade
By Nancy Cole
WHY AGRITOURISM ? “The simplest definition of agritourism is anything that brings the buyer to the property,” said Miles Phillips, who oversees nature tourism in Texas. Nature tourism includes not only agritourism but also hunting, fishing and adventure tourism. “There’s a lot of activity in the whole sector,” Phillips said, which has been spurred, in part, by Richard Louv’s 2005 book Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder.
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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.
