Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education
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Abstract
Pyle 's intuitions have been borne out by psychological study. In Place Attachment, a collection of academic essays, Kentucky State University professor of psychology Louise Chawla writes that formal studies of environmental activists have found that "most respondents attributed their commitment to a combination of two sources: many hours spent outdoors in a keenly remembered wild or semi-wild place in childhood or adolescence, and an adult who taught respect for nature." In public interviews, environmental leaders may ascribe their motivations to such weighty matters as saving the planet for future generations, but at bottom they may owe their drive to catching crickets in the grass as youngsters.
Recommended Citation
Will Nixon
(1998)
"How Nature Shapes Childhood,"
Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 11:
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1998, Article 3.
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