General Information
Includes general information on the Children & Nature movement and participating local cities
Children & Nature Resources:
Children & Nature Network - a major resource for connecting children with nature
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder - by Richard Louv
Example Programs and Other Resources for Cities:
San Francisco Children & Nature - the national leader in connecting children and nature
San Diego Children & Nature - another city with a robust children and nature program
Cities Connecting Children & Nature - supports municipal leaders in creating programs
Park Serve - Trust for Public Land has mapped park access for urban area in the U.S.
Groundplay SF - builds temporary installations that turn underused public spaces in San Francisco into community places
“Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart. If we are going to save environmentalism and the environment, we must also save an endangered indicator species: the child in nature.”
RICHARD LOUV, Author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, and Co-founder of the Children & Nature Network