Built Environment | Education

Irish Times – May 26, 2011

Turning a Wasteland into a Kitchen Garden is Child’s Play

By Fionnuala Fallon
Making a school kitchen garden is an ideal way to teach children about nature and nutrition – and they can eat what they harvest, too. [+]

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Built Environment

Grist – May 27, 2011

How to Build a Better School Playground

By Shanti Menon/ Onearth
Sharon Danks, author of "Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation", explores the ways in which landscape design, architecture, child development, and nutrition converge in the schoolyard. [+]

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Education

Sierra Club Scrapbook – May 12, 2011

Inner City Outings Leader Provides Lessons Beyond the Classroom

By Sierra Club
C&NN Natural Teacher Award winner and long-time Sierra Club Inner City Outings volunteer Larry Volpe helps students get "access to wild places". [+]

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Access | Health

Minneapolis Star Tribune – May 17, 2011

Get Over Nature-Deficit Disorder

By Josephine Marcotty
Author Richard Louv discusses why kids should reconnect with the world around them. [+] [PDF]

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Access | Health

Outside Magazine – May 16, 2011

Get Your Mind Dirty

By Richard Louv
In 2005, Richard Louv introduced us to the idea of childhood nature-deficit disorder. With The Nature Principle, he's back with a prescription for adults. [+]

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Media & Culture | Event

OregonLive.com – May 06, 2011

Author Richard Louv Likes What He Sees in Portland

By Katy Muldoon
C&NN Founding Chair Richard Louv visits the Oregon Zoo May 11 and Seattle Town Hall May 12. His new book, The Nature Principle, notes the resurgence of rare species in Portland. [+]

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Natural Leader Tamara Poles and Virginia Museum of Natural History are Putting People Back in Touch with Nature

Nearly 13,000 people have taken part in 247 programs of the Community Nature Initiative. [+]

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TRACK Trails Offer Nationwide Weapon Against Nature-Deficit Disorder

New interpretive trail system for kids comes to U.S. national parks. [+]

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Applications Open for 2012 TogetherGreen Fellowships and Innovation Grants

Audubon & Toyota seek to fund promising conservation leaders and community-based projects. [+]

“No Child Left Ashore” Movement Makes Waves

SF Bay Area's Pegasus Project gets students out on the water, where transformations occur. [+]

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Play England Calls for Support to Help Kids Play Outside

Research shows that 21% of children play outdoors daily, compared to 71% during their parents'… [+]

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A Healing Place for Children

C&NN Founding Chair Richard Louv consulting on new children's treatment center in MN, which is… [+]

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National Kids to Parks Day Set for May 19

Nationwide day of outdoor play organized by National Park Trust. Classroom contest ends March 1. [+]

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Chevy Chase, MD, Preschool Encourages Learning Outside the Box

Preschoolers spend at least half a day outside in woods, in all seasons. [+]

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Study: Preschoolers Need to Get a Move On

Most pre-school children spend hours doing sedentary activities instead of playing outside, research has shown. [+]

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