As The Young Spend Less Of Their

Green Exercise Improves Psychological Health.

Now, More Than Ever, We Need Nature As A Balancing Agent.

Leave Part Of The Yard Rough. Don't Manicure Everything. Small Children In Particular Love To Turn Over Rocks And Find Bugs, And Give Them Some Space To Do That. Take Your Child Fishing. Take Your Child On Hikes.

One Of My Students Told Me That Every Time She Learns The Name Of A Plant, She Feels As If She Is Meeting Someone New. Giving A Name To Something Is A Way Of Knowing It.

Each Of Us-adult Or Child-must Earn Nature's Gift By Knowing Nature Directly, However Difficult It May Be To Glean That Knowledge In An Urban Environment.