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Nature Rocks Homer

Nature Rocks Homer is a community group - made up of community residents, environmental educators, non-profit and agency staff, farmers, Rotary members, a pastor, medical professionals, preschool and K-12 teachers, homeschool parents, PTA members, and more - who are putting their energy and resources into helping local children reconnect with nature. This group meets twice a year, has a listserve, and to date has accomplished the following initiatives: a Homer Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights (magnets for everybody!), annual Kids Outdoor Day (proclaimed by the Mayor as June 20th) events, collaborative Kids in Nature workshops for parents & caregivers, a Facebook group, Kids on the Farm days, family ice fishing events, Winter Family Fun Days, Mud Games at The Wallow, renowned speaker and C&NN Vice President Martin LeBlanc sharing his insights on the health benefits of youth getting outdoors with the community of Homer, Bikes Rock Homer, and seasonal outdoor activity calendars for families. Initiatives on the horizon include creation of a Grow Outside in Homer booklet for parents, a Natural Teacher Workshop for classroom teachers, and new Kids in Nature workshops.

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Carmen Field .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

95 Sterling Hwy
Homer, Alaska 99603
United States

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"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

“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

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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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