Join us in downtown Saint Paul at the RiverCentre on May 13-16, 2025 for the largest gathering of children and nature advocates in the world When children spend time outdoors, they are healthier, happier and more successful in school. But over the past few generations, childhood has moved indoors, disconnected from the proven benefits of […]
Join us in Madison, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Monona, May 28-31, 2024 for the largest gathering of children and nature advocates in the world When children spend time […]
Join Children & Nature Network staff and peers for this live, free event that will include networking and conversation about the 2023 Inside-Out International conference main stage sessions, and more. View session recordings prior to the event and come with questions and insights to share. Featured sessions include: Transformative Education: Building CommUNITY with Reciprocity and […]
Youth Advisory Councils (YAC) are a youth engagement strategy used by programs and organizations to positively incorporate youth voices and to help build the capacity of youth participants. In this […]
What does building a movement mean and, once the momentum is there, how do we evolve and respond to meet changing needs? This conversation brings together Marlow Baines, Youth Director for Earth Guardians, and Richard Carlbom, co-founder and partner of United Strategies, to share their successes and challenges, and discuss what it takes to sustain […]
How can nature and outdoor access support healing? With today's youth facing a growing mental health crisis, this conversation will focus on how nature-based activities and therapies can support children and young people's well-being and help them recover from trauma. We will hear from Dr. Hanaa Hamdi and Kimiko Russell-Halterman who are both working in […]
Learn about the global movement for greening school grounds and hear best practices from our Peru case study! About this event There is growing momentum worldwide to make school grounds greener as a sensible and thoughtful approach to increase climate resilience and improve health and education outcomes, especially for those most impacted by systems of […]
Join The Children & Nature Network online for our next quarterly networking mixer. Featuring best-selling author and Children & Nature Network co-founder, Richard Louv, this informal virtual event offers some time to connect with other folks in the children and nature movement. Staff from the Children & Nature Network will offer a brief welcome, and […]
Join The Children & Nature Network for our next quarterly networking mixer. This informal virtual event offers some time to connect with other folks in the children and nature movement. C&NN staff will offer a brief welcome, and then attendees will move into small, unfacilitated breakout rooms to connect and engage with each other around […]
Meet up with fellow leaders in the movement to connect children and nature at our next Networking Mixer.
Explore the best practices in creating inclusive messaging and effective communications to support children and nature programs.
This workshop will focus on skill and capacity building for diversity, equity and inclusion.