| COMMENTARY Introducing Wild Zones  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.[+] read more |
| 2007 COMMENTARY Orion Magazine March/April issue features the Children & Nature Movement  The movement to reconnect children to the natural world has arisen quickly, spontaneously, and across the usual social, political, and economic dividing lines. [+] Read more in a new article on Orion Online [+] Join Orion readers and post comments here Louv Answers Parent Questions A resource for parents of young children. Among the subjects covered: why it’s healthy to encourage a two-year-old to play in the dirt. [+] read more  A Personal Proclamation for NatureMeg Lowman presents an “intergenerational decree” that no child be left indoors" [+] read more The Wild World Beyond the Playing Field Writer Regan McMahon explains why kids deserve time to explore nature at their own speed. [+] read more NWF CEO, Larry Schweiger, Makes the Case for comprehensive policies to get more kids outside Presenting at the Pennsylvania Governor's Outdoor Conference, March 18-20, Schweiger addressed the gathering of policy-makers, educators, conservationists, and others. [+] read more EdNews Interview with Cheryl Charles, Ph.D., President, Children and Nature Network . [+] read more A Report from the Southwest In New Mexico, the No Child Left Inside initiative needs support from the grass roots -- ranchers, city dwellers, school boards, tribal leaders, and parents. [+] Read more Nature-Deficit Disorder: A Perspective from Colorado Even people in a state that boasts abundant natural attractions should focus more attention on getting kids outdoors. [+] Read the OPED piece Tampa advocate Kathy Baughman McLeod asks tough questions 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? [+] read the OPED piece |