Children and Nature Forum Update

Authors

Charles Yaple, SUNY CortlandFollow

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pp. 25-27

Abstract

Approximately five years have lapsed since Richard Louv launched an unanticipated national children and nature movement with publication of his book. Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nat tire Deficit Disorder. Just as Gifford Pinchot informed and inflamed (with Theodore Roosevelt's help) public consciousness by coining the term "Conservation" in the early 1900's; Louv's "Nature Deficit Disorder" (NDD) resonated with the suspicions of outdoor professionals in 2005. Seemingly almost everywhere, children were experiencing the outdoors less and less and they, and society, were paying a heavy price because of it!

Recommended Citation

Yaple, Charles (2010) "Children and Nature Forum Update," Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 20: Iss. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/taproot/vol20/iss2/6