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Campaigns & NetworksTOTAL NUMBER OF MOVEMENT DIRECTORY LISTINGS TO DATE:
855
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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:
Children & Nature in Our Parks
Nebraska
Children & Nature in Our Parks is a regional coalition of agencies that promotes quality outdoor educational learning opportunities for students and families utilizing the parks and natural settings of western Nebraska. Partners include Scotts Bluff & Agate National Monuments,… [+] read more
http://classrooms.esu13.org/hpsa
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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
— 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
— 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
— Orion magazine, March/April 2007
C&NN Initiatives:
Regional Leaders
Natural Leaders
Natural Families
Natural Teachers
Nature Rocks The Movement Map
C&NN Web BadgesNOW in SPANISH - Nature Clubs for Families Tool Kit
CLUBES DE NATURALEZA PARA FAMILIAS: ¡Hágalo Usted Mismo! ¡Hágalo Ahora! Descarger la Caja de Herramientas [>]
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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