Local News
Health | Campaign/Initiative
Hudson Valley Council, BSA – August 01, 2009
Scouts’ Recruitment Theme: No Child Is Left Inside
By Ethan Klapper
The Hudson Valley Council of the Boy Scouts, inspired by Last Child in the Woods, is combating nature-deficit disorder by encouraging others to spend more time outside and to stay active. Their recruitment theme this year: No Child Is Left Inside.
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Health | Campaign/Initiative
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – July 05, 2009
Nature Club Makes for Happier Families in Twin Cities
By Laura Billings
The idea for the Happy Trails Nature Club, a loose-knit group of families who gather at parks and nature preserves around the Twin Cities for “planned spontaneity,” came to local mother Jodi Hiland after reading Last Child in the Woods. “I just want to show other parents what we’ve learned,” she explains, “which is when you go out in nature, you teach kids how to shift from one gear to another—and that’s a really important skill to have.”
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Media & Culture | Campaign/Initiative
The Saratogian – February 16, 2009
Saratoga Springs Group Launches New Website
By Ann Marie French
Children and Nature Saratoga has launched a website to provide the Saratoga Springs, New York, area with a resource dedicated to encouraging “continuous nature-centered outdoor experiences that enrich the lives of children.” Parents and children will be able to use the site to access a calendar of outdoor activities in the Saratoga region and Adirondack Park, as well as find recommended reading lists and related links.
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Built Environment
San Francisco Chronicle – October 09, 2008
New Museum Exhibit Encourages Free Play
By Paul Kilduff
A new interactive installation at the Bay Area Discovery Museum is designed to make children think differently about how they use their free time. The museum’s director hopes kids will come away motivated to choose leisure-time physical activities that are self-directed—that is, not done with parents and coaches scrutinizing their every move. “Everything we do here is child-centered play. No one’s telling them what to do, how to do it.”
Access | Education
KQED Radio – November 20, 2007
KQED Radio Features a Local Cure for Nature-Deficit Disorder
By Gabriella Quiros
A new program in San Francisco is introducing the city’s low-income youth to the pleasures of camping outdoors—without leaving the city itself. Developed by a collection of nonprofits, Camping at the Presidio aims to overcome the barriers that traditionally keep urban youth from visiting national parks: costs and a lack of exposure to camping. Eligible groups sleep overnight in a grove of eucalyptus trees, right within the city limits.
Quest is a TV, radio, Web, and education series by KQED that explores science, the environment, and nature in Northern California.
Education | Campaign/Initiative
Cincinnati Digs Nature for Kids
Betsy Townsend, a leader in the Leave No Child Inside of Greater Cincinnati campaign, reports the campaign’s goal: to educate the public about the mental, physical and emotional health benefits of playing in nature, for all children.
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