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Inside the Outdoors Foundation
Inside the Outdoors provides life-changing experiences for students and teachers
By Susan Brown, President
Inside the Outdoors has been connecting Southern California student’s to nature since 1974 through Field Trips, week long residential Outdoor Science School experiences and Traveling Scientist programs that bring science and nature into the schools.
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Bay Area News Group – November 04, 2007
A natural remedy: The benefits of time outdoors
By Suzanne Bohan
Bay Area journalist Suzanne Bohan reports on programs and initiatives that bring children closer to nature, and how they work to bridge political and cultural divides. She also produced a short video (please see link) featuring local leaders Wendolyn Bird and Juan Martinez.
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Local | 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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The Courier-Journal, Louisville Kentucky – July 27, 2007
Scott County teachers turn farm into nature camp for children
By Dale Moss
The Lowrys, teachers who live on a 45-acre farm near Scottsburg, Kentucky, connected children with nature this summer, turning Meadow Glen Farm into a camp for local children.
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Skagit Valley Herald – August 07, 2007
Seattle area Teens go wild - for nature
By Franny White
36 teens talk about their experiences in the North Cascades Institutes' Wild outdoor education program for disadvantaged youths. Each summer participants, mostly immigrants, members of low-income households or minorities, are given an opportunity that would normally be out of reach for them — 10 days of total immersion in the natural beauty of Ross Lake, Washington.
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Star-Tribune
Thanks to U.S. Forest Service and others—kids spend more time outside in Wyoming
By WHITNEY ROYSTER
Teton county programs like "Snake River Days" re-introduce children to to nature through canoeing, fly fishing, whitewater rafting, and wildlife watching. It is all part of Wyoming's "Healthy Kids, Healthy Watersheds" program, a public and private sector partnership that includes Friends of Pathway, the Latino Resource Center, Jackson Hole Ski Club, and Teton County Schools.
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C&NN has designated April "Children & Nature Awareness Month." As part of this effort, we invited network members (like you) to list their April programs and share their strategies for building public awareness. Find out what's happening in your community on the C&NN Movement Map.
As part of our ongoing efforts to build the movement, the Children & Nature Network has published two new resources for leaders, organizers, and participants at the local, national, and international levels:
An annotated bibliography of 20 premier studies focusing on the children and nature connection.
