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Richard Louv USA Prize for innovation in Nature

The Richard Louv Prize for Innovation in Nature Connection is open to any individual doing exemplary work to advance equitable access to nature in their community or region. The Richard Louv Prize recognizes innovative strategies for creating regular access to the benefits of nature everywhere children live, learn and play. We believe equitable access to nature is achieved when systemic barriers to nature are removed and all members of a community — regardless of race, income, ability, identity or address...

Connecting city kids to the outdoors

From Children & Nature I was shocked at how much you could see the stars. I hadn’t realized how much you couldn’t see from the city but could see from there. It really took my breath away,” said 14-year-old Cinthya Costa as she described her first overnight trip in the Delaware Water Gap with Team Wilderness. Growing up, Aracelis Hannah and Cynthia Costa never went on hikes or slept outdoors surrounded by nature. It wasn’t until Hannah’s mother stumbled upon...

Is Black leadership strong enough in the outdoors?

          Do “black peoples “ – peoples from non-European ethnic groups – do good for the environment? Yes. Do these deeds get enough recognition. No. Children & Nature Network discusses this…   Black leadership is, and always has been, a powerful force in the environmental, climate justice, and nature connection movements. This leadership takes many forms, from the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, formed in 1995 to end discriminatory wastewater treatment practices in West Atlanta – to...

2022 : Why do we need Nature?

Ten Reasons Why Children and Adults Need Vitamin N As we begin a new year – and perhaps think about & plan our New Year’s resolutions – let’s look at why it’s good to reconnect with Nature, and ideally make Nature part of those resolutions. These below is research from Richard Louv, co-founder of Children & Nature Network The more high-tech our lives become, the more nature we need. We have a human right to a meaningful connection to nature,...

Nature in the time of COVID-19

In the column below, our co-founder and author Richard Louv writes about the need for nature during COVID-19 and the growth of the children and nature movement—made possible by members and partners around the world. Our annual membership drive ends next week and we are so close to our goal. You can put us over the top and build the constituency for children and nature by becoming a member today! Our Need for Nature in the Time of COVID  RICHARD LOUV, THE NEW NATURE...