If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then … - Richard Louv

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It is deeply pejorative to call someone a 'climate change denier. ' This is because it is a phrase designedly reminiscent of the idea of 'Holocaust Denial. '

Richard Louv

If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief in perfection and the chore defeats the joy. It's a good thing to learn more about nature in order to share this knowledge with children; it's even better if the adult and child learn about nature together. And it's a lot more fun.

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The children and nature movement is fueled by this fundamental idea: the child in nature is an endangered species, and the health of children and the health of the Earth are inseparable.

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Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our chidlren's health (and also, by the way, in our own).

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We cannot protect something we do not love, we cannot love what we do not know, and we cannot know what we do not see. Or hear. Or sense.

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The future will belong to the nature-smart-those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the transformative power of the natural world and who balance the virtual with the real. The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.

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Children need nature for the healthy development of their senses, and therefore, for learning and creativity.

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