Richard Louv

All spiritual life begins with a sense of wonder, and nature is a window into that wonder.

— Richard Louv

These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find.

— Richard Louv

A natural environment is far more complex than any playing field.

— Richard Louv

Kids and adults pay a price for too much tech, and it's not wholesale.

— Richard Louv

What if a tree fell in the forest and no one knew it's biological name? Did it exist?

— Richard Louv

“and old Indian saying: 'It's better to know one mountain than to climb many.”

— Richard Louv

Kids are plugged into some sort of electronic medium 44 hours per week.

— Richard Louv

To take nature and natural play away from children may be tantamount to withholding oxygen.

— Richard Louv

Studies of children in playgrounds with both green areas and manufactured play areas found that children engaged in more creative forms of…

— Richard Louv

A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to…

— Richard Louv

The future will belong to the nature-smart...Th e more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.

— Richard Louv

Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel…

— Richard Louv

There is another possibility: not the end of nature, but the rebirth of wonder and even joy.

— Richard Louv

The times I spent with my children in nature are among my most meaningful memories-and I hope theirs.

— Richard Louv

This seems clear enough: When truly present in nature, we do use all our senses at the same time, which is the…

— Richard Louv

By letting our children lead us to their own special places we can rediscover the joy and wonder of nature.

— Richard Louv

There’s no denying the benefits of the Internet. But electronic immersion, without a force to balance it, creates the hole in the…

— Richard Louv

I do not trust technology. I mean, I don't think we're in any danger of kids, you know, doing without video games…

— Richard Louv

“Our sensitivity to nature, and our humility within it, are essential to our physical and spiritual survival. Yet, our growing disconnection from…

— Richard Louv

We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn't count anymore, the future is in electronics,…

— Richard Louv

The physical exercise and emotional stretching that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied and less time-bound than is found in…

— Richard Louv

The children and nature movement is fueled by this fundamental idea: the child in nature is an endangered species, and the health…

— Richard Louv

Prize the natural spaces and shorelines most of all, because once they're gone, with rare exceptions they're gone forever. In our bones…

— Richard Louv

Unlike television, reading does not swallow the senses or dictate thought. Reading stimulates the ecology of the imagination. Can you remember the…

— Richard Louv

As the nature deficit grows, another emerging body of scientific evidence indicates that direct exposure to nature is essential for physical and…

— Richard Louv

“The Environmental Protection Agency now warns us that indoor air pollution is the nation's number one environmental threat to health- and it's…

— Richard Louv

“If a geographic place rapidly changes in a way that demeans its natural integrity, then children’s early attachment to land is at…

— Richard Louv

“In an agricultural society, or during a time of exploration and settlement, or hunting and fathering--which is to say, most of mankind's…

— Richard Louv

In every bio-region, one of the most urgent tasks is to rebuild the community of naturalists - so radically depleted in recent…

— Richard Louv

“She was one of those exceptional children who do still spend time outside, in solitude. In her case nature represented beauty -…

— Richard Louv

“That environmentalists need the goodwill of children would seem self-evident- but more often than not, children are viewed as props or extraneous…

— Richard Louv

Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.

— Richard Louv

The real cultural war is between the culture of narcissism and what might be called the culture of renewal.

— Richard Louv

Most people are either awakened to or are strengthened in their spiritual journey by experiences in the natural world.

— Richard Louv

Every child needs nature. Not just the ones with parents who appreciate nature. Not only those of a certain economic class or…

— Richard Louv

In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.

— Richard Louv

“This principle holds that a reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.”

— Richard Louv

The pleasure of being alive is brought into sharper focus when you need to pay attention to staying alive.

— Richard Louv

We tend to block off many of our senses when we're staring at a screen. Nature time can literally bring us to…

— Richard Louv

Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication.

— Richard Louv