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Get Involved in the Children and Nature Movement

Children & Nature Network is building an international movement to reconnect children and nature. Please join us.

GET INVOLVED:


[+] CONNECT with the efforts that are currently underway by finding and participating in a grassroots campaign, program, or club in your region.

[+] START a Grassroots Campaign or Nature Club for Families. Play a leadership role. A great many individuals and organizations have played a key role in building the children and nature movement. To date there are more than 70 regional grassroots campaigns and more than 90 family nature clubs, and the numbers are growing.

[+] SHARE your efforts with others in the C&NN movement directory. Get the word out about your campaign, club, or program. Post them on the movement map with other network members. Join C&NN Connect.

[+] SIGN-UP for C&NN newsletters and RSS feeds. Stay informed, engaged and inspired. C&NN’s monthly newsletters and BLOG bring you the latest news, reports, and updates on the growing children and nature movement.

[+] SUPPORT the efforts of C&NN. Make a donation that will help ensure lasting cultural change throughout our society—for our children’s health and well-being and the health of our communities.

"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

JAN 31 – News and Updates
JAN 12 – News and Updates
DEC 22 – News and Updates
DEC 6 – Ecology of Hope
NOV 22 – Natural Families News
NOV 10 – News and Updates
NOV 1 – 2011 Report Outs
OCT 6 – Natural Teachers News
SEPT 8 – APOCALYPSE NO

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C&NN Publications

As part of our ongoing efforts to build the movement, the Children & Nature Network has published these resources for leaders, organizers, and participants at the local, national, and international levels:

2010 C&NN Report
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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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