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Tulsa World – July 17, 2011

An Outside Influence: Get Kids Unplugged and Outdoors

An Outside Influence: Get Kids Unplugged and Outdoors

By Brandi Ball
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, along with U.S. Forest Service, is working to get kids out in nature. [+]

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Great Falls Tribune – July 16, 2011

Montana Educators Help Kids Re-Connect with Nature

Montana Educators Help Kids Re-Connect with Nature

By Nancy Reece Jones
Flathead Community of Resource Educators offers workshops to help combat nature-deficit disorder. [+]

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Idaho Statesman – June 19, 2011

A New Nature Movement Imagines a Future More like Boise than ‘Blade Runner’

A New Nature Movement Imagines a Future More like Boise than ‘Blade Runner’

By Rocky Barker
Rethinking nature and our role in it can make us healthier and more creative, says Richard Louv. [+]

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Petoskey News – April 17, 2011

Getting Kids Outdoors

Getting Kids Outdoors

By Petoskey News
Emmet County, MI, group inspired by "Last Child in the Woods" to launch community-wide Getting Kids Outdoors initiative. [+]

Commentary | Campaign/Initiative

Homer News – April 13, 2011

Good Advice for Young and Old: Let’s Get Outdoors and Play

Good Advice for Young and Old: Let’s Get Outdoors and Play

By Michael Armstrong
Alaska writer explores his own boyhood and the relationship today's children have with nature, in addition to summoning resources in his own area, such as Let's G.O.! Homer and other events. [+]

Feature | Campaign/Initiative | Event

Marin Independent Journal – April 16, 2011

Zach Pine’s Earth Day Celebration: “Sphere-a-sizing” at Stinson Beach

Zach Pine’s Earth Day Celebration: “Sphere-a-sizing” at Stinson Beach

By Paul Liberatore
Environmental artist Zach Pine's annual Create-With-Nature Earth Day Celebration is a hands-on collaborative outdoor-art event that includes sculpture, drawings, dance, and music. The highlight of the gathering: his enthusiastic demonstrations of how to make sand globes, aka sand balls, using a counter-intuitive tossing technique Pine developed himself and calls "sphere-a-sizing."

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