The New Nature Movement Blog
FEATURED WRITING BY RICHARD LOUV
Richard Louv is our co-founder and best-selling author of the quintessential “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder” and two follow-up books on nature connection, “The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age,” and “Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life.”
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Blog posts from guest writers worldwide sharing their work and ideas to connect children to nature.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN NATURE: An Interview with Karen Pittman
Karen J. Pittman is president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan “action tank” that combines thought leadership on youth development, youth policy, cross-system/cross-sector partnerships and developmental youth practice with...
TIME FOR A CAMP REVIVAL: The Return of Nature Camps and the Support for Those That Never Went Away
Dear friends, I hope you will join me at the 2019 Children & Nature Network International Conference in Oakland, California, May 16-18, 2019. The conference is anticipated to be the largest gathering of leaders, advocates and activists from the children and nature...
RENEWING A LOVE FOR THE OUTDOORS THIS SPRING: Screen-Free Week 2019
When children have free time to themselves, how do we want them to spend it? We hope they’ll spend it looking down –not at screens– but digging in the dirt, gardening, collecting shells or stones, admiring flowers, watering plants. Maybe they’ll spend it looking up...
Fostering and Nurturing Sustainable Values from Early Childhood
She walks barefoot. A pair of white felt wings perched gently upon her back. She is a blossoming soul, without malevolence or a harsh word against nature. In fact, she is intently curious as she holds a walnut to her ear, then a blade of fresh green grass, listening...
TRUSTING IN NATURE: Learnings from a Landscape Architecture Design Studio
Working, learning and teaching in the field of landscape architecture is a wonderful way to be connected to natural systems and the creative process. Being involved with the design of the built environment from a perspective of the landscape for almost 35 years has...
THE RISE OF VIRTUAL NEIGHBORHOODS: Making Real Connections in an Online World
Let’s play a game. A virtual game. Picture yourself standing on a satellite orbiting the Earth, looking down on our world as a first-time observer. As you zoom in more closely, you notice that people on this planet tend to live among each other, in groups. They live...
HOW TO RAISE AN OUTDOORS KID: Tips to Jump-Start a Childhood Outdoors
I grew up on a farm in rural Mississippi. As a child, I hunted, fished and tended a garden. As is true for most kids, I loved exploring and playing in my own yard and beyond. I learned how the natural world works because the majority of my childhood was spent outside....
LEARNING FROM THE PAST: Envisioning a Nature Connected-future For All Children
Is there a special place in nature that you remember and can be transported back to in a split second? Somewhere filled with vivid memories of unsupervised time in the natural world, alone or with a band of children, connecting with animals, and the master of your own...
CHILDREN AT SERIOUS PLAY: Connecting to the Natural World in an Interactive Nature Space
For kids, play is serious business. It’s not “just about having fun, but taking risks, experimenting, and testing boundaries,” states the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in a recent clinical report called The Power of Play. According to the AAP, play yields all...
