Richard Louv
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Richard Louv is chair of the Children and Nature Network and author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. The expanded 2008 edition contains a Field Guide with 100 actions that families and communities can take.
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Get Out ... Together
This summer, form a family nature club 3
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago
Don't miss another sunset.
In past decades, when summer rolled around, parents told their children, "Go outside, and don't come home 'til the street lights come on."
In most neighborhoods, those days are unlikely to return anytime soon. Today, parents fear strangers and strange lawyers and nature itself. Though some of this trepidation is warranted, particularly in inner-city neighborhoods, much of that fear is ramped up by news and entertainment media. Meanwhile, an emerging body of evidence is… Read More