Children & Nature Network (C&NN)

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Resources

C&NN has compiled the following library of resources for use by movement leaders, network members, and supporters.

NEW RESOURCES for FAMILIES
Family Activities, Family Stories: Where Nature Meets Story….

LEADERSHIP WEBINAR SERIES:
Session Three: Tools and Resources for Reaching Parents and Families [PDF]
Session Three: Tools and Resources for Reaching Parents and Families [HTML]

Natural Families Network DIY workshop presentation:
Do It Yourself Natural Families Network presentation V3 [PDF]
Do It Yourself Natural Families Network presentation V3 [PPT]
Do It Yourself Natural Families Network presentation V3 [HTML]

C&NN SPECIAL PROJECT:
KALAMAZOO CHILDREN & NATURE COMMUNITY MAP [PDFs]
[+] Kalamazoo Mapping Project Overview
[+] MAP-County Vulnerability Index Children Birth to 14
[+] MAP-City Vulnerability Index Children Birth to 14
[+] MAP-City Park and School Buffers

NEW FROM C&NN:
[+] Letter to U.S. Green Building Council on LEED certification
[+] C&NN 2008 Milestones
[+] News Summary September 2008
[+] Links to Children & Nature Movement Video Clips
[+] Nature Clubs for Families Tool Kit
[+] Nature Clubs for Families Resources

C&NN POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS:
[+] Overview
[+] C&NN REPORT 2008
[+] Wildlife Agency Audience
[+] Early Childhood

C&NN YOUTUBE VIDEOS:
[+] Austin Now Video and Others

FROM THE GRASSROOTS:
Strategies:
[+] NHCINC Workplan
[+] NHCINC Documents
[+] BeOutdoorsAZ Strategic Plan
[+] BeOutdoorsAZ Mission
[+] CNC Logic Model
[+] LNCIGC Outdoor Guide
[+] Denver Play Area Master Plan

COMMUNICATIONS:
[+] MTCAN Flier
[+] LBO Flier
[+] TTEC Flier

FROM THE 2008 GRASSROOTS GATHERING TIPPING POINTS PANEL:
[+] Tipping Point PPT - Mark Pertschuk, JD

"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

All of us share a sense of common purpose. We represent many, many others—some we know, and others we have never met. People throughout the world are increasingly connected by a resonance and passion, to create a new common sense for the good health of children today and generations to come.
– Cheryl Charles

“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

Newsletter Archive

FEB 2010 – Updates from Michigan

JAN 2010 – From the Grassroots

DEC 09 – Season's Greetings

NOV 09 – C&NN News & Updates

OCT 09 – C&NN Publications

SEPT 09 – Major Media

JULY 09 – Summer Reading

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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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