Children & Nature Network (C&NN)

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For decades, for-profit and non-profit organizations and agencies have worked tirelessly to provide children with nature-centered experiences that instill wonder and engender curiosity.

Children and nature programs and events take place in a variety of outdoor settings that range from backyards, to neighborhoods, to city parks, to wilderness. The experiences they offer vary from guided activities to unstructured nature play. The common denominator, of course, is the importance of these events in children’s everyday life.

Featured Program or Event:

Riekes Center for Human Enhancement

California

The Riekes Center for Human Enhancement, Nature Awareness Department provides long-term mentoring for youth ages 6-17. Our students immerse themselves in intensive, experiential studies of nature from both scientific and indigenous perspectives. In this effort, our students are instructed and… [+] read more

http://www.riekes.org

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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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C&NN Publications

As part of our ongoing efforts to build the movement, the Children & Nature Network has published two new resources for leaders, organizers, and participants at the local, national, and international levels:
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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[+] The American Camp Association's children and nature resource for families.