Commentary News
Sacramento News & Review – June 14, 2007
OpEd By Amit Rana
By Amit Rana
Amit Rana, the Sierra Club's California youth education representative and coordinator of Building Bridges to the Outdoors, speaks out on SB 207, the California Leave No Child Inside Act, which would provide more outdoor education opportunities to California’s youth — especially at-risk kids.
Review
The Philadelphia Inquirer – June 27, 2007
An idea as dangerous as all outdoors
By Karen Heller
“The Dangerous Book for Boys.” What is that about? This retro-edition book about any number of politically incorrect things boys can do as they play outdoors, from skinning a rabbit to waterproofing matches, celebrates an era of boyish innocence and inspires a newspaper columnist to consider the larger issue of nature-deficit disorder.
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Built Environment
Wild Zones – August 01, 2007
Introducing Wild Zones
By David Hawkins
David Hawkins, founding project manager of the Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley, Calif., discusses the concept of Wild Zones, places where kids can build shelters, dam creeks, make trails, and perform other active outdoors tasks. Wild Zones, he says, offer open-ended possibilities for play, creativity, socializing, and solitude.
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State | Access
The Tampa Tribune – September 19, 2006
Tampa advocate asks tough questions
By Kathy Baughman McLeod
Where do Tampa's children play outside in a natural, unmanicured setting? Where can Tampa's children build a treehouse or a fort, as you did when you were a kid? In what time slot can a child lie on the grass and watch the clouds float by?
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State
Denver Post – January 13, 2007
Battling a nature deficit in Colorado - The challenges of the outdoors yield real benefits
By Will Shafroth & John Par
Even people in a state like Colorado that boasts abundant natural attractions should focus more attention on getting kids outdoors.
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Education
Portland Press Herald – March 11, 2007
There’s more than one way to encourage nature-based learning
By Deirdre Fleming
"Building Strong Naturalist Communities," conference encourages nature-based learning in day-to-day living.
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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.
