“She was one of those exceptional children who do still spend time outside, in solitude. In her case nature represented beauty -… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Children need nature for the healthy development of their senses, and therefore, for learning and creativity. — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Nature is often overlooked as a healing balm for the emotional hardships in a child's life. You'll likely never see a slick… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace. — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that the number of overweight adult Americans increased over 60 percent between 1991 and 2000.… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
We do not raise our children alone.... Our children are also raised by every peer, institution, and family with which they come… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart.… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Stress reduction, greater physical health, a deeper sense of spirit, more creativity, a sense of play, even a safer life-these are the… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Children who played outside every day, regrdless of weather, had better motor coordination and more ability to concentrate. — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“Why do so many Americans say they want their children to watch less TV, yet continue to expand the opportunities for them… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Studies of children in playgrounds with both green areas and manufactured play areas found that children engaged in more creative forms of… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
From 1997 to 2003, there was a decline of 50 percent in the proportion of children nine to twelve who spent time… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
American family life has never been particularly idyllic. In the nineteenth century, nearly a quarter of all children experienced the death of… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
There is a real world, beyond the glass, for children who look, for those whose parents encourage them to truly see. — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The times I spent with my children in nature are among my most meaningful memories-and I hope theirs. — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
The dugout in the weeds or leaves beneath a backyard willow, the rivulet of a seasonal creek, even the ditch between the… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“Until recently, most environmental organizations offered only token attention to children. Perhaps their lack of zeal stems from an unconscious ambivalence about… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Progress does not have to be patented to be worthwhile. Progress can also be measured by our interactions with nature and its… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“She was one of those exceptional children who do still spend time outside, in solitude. In her case nature represented beauty - and refuge.… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Children need nature for the healthy development of their senses, and therefore, for learning and creativity. — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
As the young spend less of their lives in natural surroundings, their senses narrow, physiologically and psychologically and this reduces the richness of human… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
No other youth group like the Scouts has trained so many future leaders while at the same time being a nature organization with its… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing something called acedia, a… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Rather than accepting the drifting separation of the generations, we might begin to define a more complex and interesting set of life stages and… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
This seems clear enough: When truly present in nature, we do use all our senses at the same time, which is the optimum state… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival. — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“Most scientists who study human perception no longer assume that we have five senses: taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing. The current number ranges… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
