websites

• the Children & Nature Network

• the Child & Nature Alliance

audio / visual links

• an interview and call in show with Bob Peart on radio in Anchorage, Alaska
  This is an hour long program. Click on ‘Download Audio’ under the Nature Child Reunion photo and links to related sites.
  Jan. 19, 2009
• a view from Stuart McLean of CBC’s ‘The Vinyl Cafe’

articles of interest

• Field Notes from the Future
  by Richard Louv
  January 14, 2009
• Conserving Land: Preserving Human Health
  An article by Howard Frumkin and Richard Louv
  Posted on the Children & Nature Network website
• The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent - Child Bonds
  Pediatrics: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  January, 2009
• Nature lovers livid as ‘blog’ replaces ‘beaver’ in Oxford’s junior dictionary
  Globe and Mail article by Josh Wingrove
  December 10, 2008
• Psychological Benefits of Greenspace Increase with Biodiversity
  Biology Letters - Online Publication
  May, 2007
• Get Outside: It’s Good for You
  An article on the David Suzuki Foundation website
  August 31, 2007
• Too much Yoda, not enough magpie
  Canwest News Service article by Misty Harris
  August 10, 2008
• Reconnecting Children Through Outdoor Education: A Research Summary
  Council of Outdoor Educators
  2007
• Dumbed Down
  A Macleans Article by Lianne George
  November 17, 2008
• Nature May Ease ADHD Symptoms
  A Globe and Mail Article by Tralee Pearce
  October 17, 2008
• Reversing A Worldwide Trend: Strategies For Solving Nature-Deficit Disorder
  A Presentation to the IUCN by Cheryl Charles
  October, 2008
• IUCN Motion: Communication, education and public awareness (CEPA) in conservation
  Adopted by the IUCN
  October, 2008
• The Talk is on the Table
  Brief Report from C&NN’s National Gathering of Regional Leaders
  August 8-10, 2007
• Do today‘s kids have “nature-deficit disorder”?
  (from Salon.com, June 2005)
• Leave No Child Inside
  (from Orion magazine, April 2007)
• an interview with Richard Louv
  (from Grist magazine, March 2006)
• Nature Deficit Disorder:
  Richard Louv Asks Whether We’re Raising Our Children Under House Arrest
  (from Sun magazine, February 2007)