In the News
- Stillmeadow Peace Park: innovative environmental education at work — AFRO News (5/23)
- Risk Assessment in Children — Nebraskaland (5/23)
- Richard Louv’s term continues to demonstrate increasing relevance — The Spectator (5/23)
- Data shows digital dumbing down America at drastic rate — Bainbridge Island Review (4/23)
- Five Reasons Why We Are Not Separate From Nature and Why It Matters — Living Architecture Monitor (Spring/23)
- Leaving the city for a farm in the mountains: activism in a time of crisis — LifeGate (3/23)
- The great outdoors: Partners in Learning takes classroom outside — Salisbury Post (2/23)
- Midstokke: Education outside is part of a holistic solution — The Spokesman - Review (2/23)
- Around Prince William: Scouting around with an old Eagle — Inside Nova (1/23)
- Children are spending too much time on screens and not enough time in nature | Opinion — The Tennessean (1/23)
- Ball Brothers Foundation Explores Intersection of Outdoor Recreation and Education at Summit — Muncie Journal (12/22)
- Colorado's outdoors offers a kind of therapy. But it’s not a magic pill. — Colorado Sun (8/22)
- Ryan Olson leaving Muddy Sneakers position | Education — Transylvaniatimes.com (7/22)
- How connecting with nature can help lighten your mood, according to experts — Indian Express Indulge (12/21)
- How nature can be therapy for kids stuck indoors during the pandemic — CBS (12/21)
- ‘Ecotherapy’ & how it helps kids manage emotions — Moms (11/21)
- Trailblazer: Richard Louv — EcoResolution (10/21)
- Encourage children to get outdoors and enjoy the glorious summer — Johnson City Press (6/21)
- Our Wild Calling, a book that beckons us to reconnect with nature — Lifegate (5/21)
- Gardens help children combat 'nature-deficit disorder — Chestnut Hill Local (4/21)
- A la pena por la pérdida de ese paraje de tu infancia se le llama ‘solastalgia’ — El Pais (1/21)
- New York Times Recommends Six New Paperbacks — New York Times (11/20)
- Reconnect Children to Nature — Trinidad and Tobago Newsday (10/20)
- Growing Outdoors — The National Wildlife Federation (9/20)
- Richard Louv: “La Verdadera vanguardia de la educación es hacer las escuelas más verdes” — Naturaliza (9/20)
- Why We Hunger for a Connection to the Wild During Quarantine— Los Angeles Times (7/20)
- Wild at Heart— Kansas Alumni (7/20)
- The New Nature Movement— The Quintessential Barrington (7/20)
- Louv Captures Top Honor in Annual San Diego Book Awards— The San Diego Union Tribune (6/20)
- Necesitamos la imagen de un futuro al que queramos ir— La Vanguardia (6/20)
- “Nature Deficit Disorder” is Really a Thing— New York Times (6/20)
- ‘Living Architecture’ Key to Post-Pandemic Cities — Woodrow Sun (5/20)
- Nature is a Child’s First Window into Wonder — The Times of India (5/20)
- Richard Louv: “El hambre de conectar con la naturaleza está en su punto más alto”— El Asombrarlo (5/20)
- Richard Louv - GCA Medalist in the News — Garden Club of America (4/20)
- Op-Ed; Finding Nature and Each Other — REI Co-op Journal (4/20)
- Diagnosis: Nature-Deficit Disorder — Atlanta Parent (3/20)
- Noah’s New Ark— Psychology Today (3/20)
- If it feels like an animal just gets you, maybe it does — CBC News (3/20)
- For que echoes de menos el campo aunque no te guste — Bienestar (3/20)
- Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health— Yale Environment 360 (1/20)
- The Life-Changing Benefits of Animal Encounters— Outside Magazine (12/19)
- Discover Magazine names “Our Wild Calling” Top Holiday Pick— Discover Magazine (12/19)
- Book Review: How Communing with Animals can Tame our Anxious Souls — Providence Journal (11/19)
- “Our Wild Calling” By Richard Louv— WAMC (11/19)
- Strength in Numbers: November’s Best Environmental Books— EcoWatch (11/19)
- Louv’s ‘Our Wild Calling’ Probes the Deep Human Bond with Animals— Buckrail (11/19)
- 10 Books to Read in December — The Washington Post (10/19)
- Animals are Messengers in Richard Louv’s Latest — Publishers Weekly (9/19)
- Deficit de Naturaleza — Telva (9/19)
- Connect Your Grandkids to Nature — Grand Magazine (8/19)
- Does Fishing have a Future? — The Wall Street Journal (8/19)
- Nature Helps Kids Have Compassion for the World — Mountain Journal (8/19)
- New Efforts Help Engage Disadvantaged Youth in the Outdoors — Earth.com (8/19)
- Cotton Wool Parenting and Nature-Deficit Disorder are Prompting Schools to Bring in Mud Play— ABC News (6/19)
- Outdoors for All — Sierra Magazine (5/19)
- Act Naturally: The Benefits of Wet Hands and Muddy Feet — Early Learning Nation (5/19)
- Special Report: The Nature Cure — Outside Magazine (5/19)
- Why ‘Plant Blindness’ Matters - and what you can do about it— BBC (4/19)
- Earth Day Begins at Home— The Hill (4/19)
- Why a Tree Change Might Just be the Thing You Need to Disconnect — Vogue Australia (4/19)
- Mother Nature and Human Nature Changes Our World — Modern Ghana (4/19)
- Sharing Nature’s Precious Legacy — Next Avenue (4/19)
- Duchess of Cambridge Enters Chelsea Flower Show as She Designs Woodland Wonderland for Families — The Telegraph (1/19)
- Animals are the cure for loneliness — Outside Magazine (9/18)
- Los niños que se ensucian en el campo lidiarán mejor con la vida — El Pais (6/18)
- Writing Prescriptions to Play Outdoors — New York Times (6/18)
- The Perks of a Play-in-the-Mud Educational Philosophy — The Atlantic (4/18)
- Why We Need More Nature, and How to Make it Fun — 24 Life (4/18)
- New “Biophilic” Buildings Use Quirky Features to Bring Nature Indoors — NBC News (3/18)
- Whose Nature? Colorado Leads Push to Democratize the Outdoors — Christian Science Monitor (2/18)
- Nature-based Preschools, Where Children Spend Most of Their Day Outside are a Growing trend in the United States — PRI Radio Network (2/18)
- Have Iowans Become Wimps in Frigid Winter Weather? — Des Moines Register (1/18)
- Can the Return of ‘Wet Play’ Stop our Kids’ Obsession with Screens? — The Telegraph (11/17)
- Green Schoolyards Can Improve Children’s Mental and Physical Health — The Daily Texan (11/17)
- Nieman: Children and Their Parents, Need to Make Time to Play — Calgary Herald (11/17)
- Conservation Comment: Addressing our Nature Deficit — New Zealand Herald (11/17)
- From Awareness to Action: The New Nature Movement — Hand to Hand (10/17)
- Badger or Bulbasaur- Have Children Lost Touch With Nature — The Guardian (9/17)
- How Gardening Can Help Build Healthier, Happier Kids — The Washington Post (7/17)
- Envisioning Nature-Rich Cities — CityLab (6/17)
- Hey Congress, Here’s Our Health Plan — Outside Magazine (5/17)
- Kids Need Access to Nature for Mental Health — Vancouver Sun (4/17)
- The New Nature Movement, After 11/8 — Huffington Post (12/16)
- How to Protect Kids from Nature-Deficit Disorder — Greater Good (9/16)
- Kindergarten, Naturally — The Atlantic (9/16)
- He Wrote a Book and Started a Movement— San Diego Union-Tribune (7/16)
- Falta de Contato com a Natureza Pode Causar Problemas de Aprendizado, Obesidade e ate Depressao em Criancas— R7 Noticias (6/16)
- Are You Suffering From Nature-Deficit Disorder? — Irish Independent (5/16)
- Interview with Richard Louv, Johnathan Jarvis, and Dr. Robert Zarr — The Diane Rehm Show (4/16)
- 5 Ways to Get Kids into Nature — Outside (4/16)
- Kids Grow with Vitamin N (nature): 500 Ways to Ease into the Outdoors — The Oregonian (4/16)
- Do Kids Need Camp?— Richmond Family magazine (2/16)
- Nature or Nurture? Outdoor Preschools Combine the Best of Both — Multibriefs (1/16)
- Kids Aren’t Spending Enough Time Just Going Outside — New York Post (11/15)
- Schoolkids Discover Birds in Their Backyard — Star Tribune (11/15)
- New Children’s Zoo Aims to Cure ‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ — Boston Globe (10/15)
- Are You Nature-Deprived?— U.S. News & World Report (10/15)
- Why We All Need a Dose of Vitamin N— Daily Mail (10/15)
- The Nature Cure — The Atlantic (10/15)
- HSBC Partners with CWF to Combat “Nature Deficit Disorder” — Daily Update (9/15)
- ‘Nature-Deficit Disorder’ is Real, Not Going Away— Green Bay Press Gazette (5/15)
- The Right to Fresh Air — Worcester Magazine (4/15)
- President Obama Announces Every Kid in a Park Initiative — National Park Service (2/15)
- “Last Child in the Woods” is a Must-Read for all Parents and Educators — Treehugger (2/15)
- Connecting With Nature? There’s an App for That — Huffington Post (12/14)
- Why Playing is Going the Way of Dodgeball And Why That’s a Bad Idea — Times Union (11/14)
- Healthy Play Outdoors Means Healthy Kids — Parks & Recreation (11/14)
- 10 Ways to Get Your Kids Out in Nature, And Why it Matters — The Washington Post (10/14)
- Back to Nature: Understanding Nature-Deficit Disorder — CEC Talks Nature (7/14)
- Benefits Abound for Outdoor Enthusiasts — Columbia Daily Tribune (7/14)
- Let Nature Take its Course to Improve Your Health — USA Today (6/14)
- Author Richard Louv Challenges Charlotte to Connect Children with Nature — Charlotte Observer (4/14)
- Back-to-Nature Play Push Gains Ground — Newsmagazine Network (3/14)
- Kids Need to Offsett Screen Time with Nature Time — CBC News (2/14)
- Interview - Richard Louv— MiNDFOOD (2/14)
- 5 Questions for Richard Louv— Orion Magazine (11/13)
- Camping 101 Fights Nature-Deficit Disorder — Outside Magazine (10/13)
- Just One in Five Children Connected to Nature, Says Study — BBC News (10/13)
- Into the Woods — The Boston Globe (10/13)
- The Value in Reconnecting with Nature — One Green Planet (9/13)
- Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Progress — The New York Times (9/13)
- Why go Outside When you Have an iPhone? — The Economist (8/13)
- Back to Nature: Understanding Nature Deficit Disorder — Network Ireland (7/13)
- Connecting With Nature Boosts Creativity and Health — National Geographic (6/13)
- Tony Juniper’s five best books about nature — The Telegraph (2/13)
- Instill love of nature in children — Laura Bush, For the Express News (1/13)
- “Leaf Litter” Talks with Richard Louv — Leaf Litter (12/12)
- Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me in the Morning — Outside Magazine (11/12)
- Heroes of the Planet — Huffington Post (11/12)
- C&NN Chair Richard Louv Sees Progress in Curing “Nature-Deficit Disorder” — Salt Lake Tribune (10/12)
- 5 Easy Tips to Connect with Nature and the World During the 2012 Olympics—and Beyond — Huffington Post (8/12)
- What Gives You Hope These Days? — Utne Reader (7/12)
- From gloom to gladness — The Star (6/12)
- Richard Louvs “Das letzte Kind im Wald?” führt uns zu den Ursprüngen von Naturerfahrung — ZEIT Online (5/12)
- Advice for Congress this first day of spring: To improve leadership, go outside — Christian Science Monitor (3/12)
- Why a walk in the park could change your life — The Sydney Morning Herald (3/12)
- Spejderliv får børn i skoven — Kristeligt Dagblad (1/12)
- Når naturen mangler i vores liv — Kristeligt Dagblad (1/12))
- La naturaleza es nutritiva — El Mundo (12/11)
- Mother’s Care — Utne Reader (11/11)
- Andrew Weil’s Spontaneous Happiness: Our Nature-Deficit Disorder — Newsweek (10/11)
- Quiz: Is your family suffering from nature deficit disorder? — Canadian Living (10/11)
- How nature can help your child — Aquarius (9/11)
- The Nature Principle — Orion Magazine (9/11)
- Wild at heart— The Financial Times (8/11)
- Co-hosts, Marti and Erin Erickson, interview Richard Louv — Mom Enough (8/11)
- Combating Nature-Deficit Disorder in Kids— NBC News (8/11)
- The Family Book Club — Oprah (7/11)
- Is a “Nature-Deficit” Hurting your Creativity?— CBS News (6/11)
- New movement aims to rethink nature and our role in it, making us healthier and more creative — Bangor Daily News (6/11)
- Discoveries — Los Angeles Times (6/11)
- Creating a balance between technology and nature — American Public Radio (6/11)
- Richard Louv and Friends on Reimagining Nature Literacy — Orion Magazine (6/11)
- Allow all children in Boy Scouts — Boston Globe (6/11)
- Natural Intelligence, Get Your Mind Dirty — Outside Magazine (6/11)
- Richard Louvs “Das letzte Kind im Wald?” führt uns zu den Ursprüngen von Naturerfahrung — ZEIT: Von Kinderlust (5/11)
- The outdoors: Can nature really improve health? — Chicago Tribune (5/11)
- The Nature Principle — WAMC Northeast Public Radio (5/11)
- Author Richard Louv likes what he sees in Portland, where he’ll speak next week — Oregonian (5/11)
- Book promotes the unplugged life — San Diego Union Tribune (5/11)
- Program has Doctors Giving Out ‘Nature Prescriptions’ — USA Today (2/11)
- Playing Outdoors is Vital for Kids, Report Finds — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (10/10)
- Let Them Climb Trees — The Guardian (6/10)
- Richard Louv on Healthy Parks Healthy People (04/10)
- James Cameron Goes Green — Huffington Post (4/10)
- No Child Left Inside — CBS News (8/09)
- Getting Children Back to the Great Outdoors— London Times (7/09)
- A Walk in the Woods: Right or Privilege — Orion Magazine (3/09)
- No More ‘Nature-Deficit Disorder’ — Psychology Today (1/09)
- Ohio Program Encourages Youth to Explore the Outdoors — Herald Dispatch (6/08)
- House Committee Approves No Child Left Inside Act — The (Annapolis) Capital (6/08)
- Nature Nurtures Learning — Boston Globe (12/07)
- Children Detach from the Natural World as they Explore the Virtual One — San Francisco Gate (6/07)
- Parents Need to Let Kids Out From “House Arrest” — San Francisco Chronicle (6/07)
- Getting Lost in the Great Indoors — Washington Post (6/07)
- Leave No Child Inside — Orion (3/07)
- Nature Programs’ Goal: No Child Left Inside — USA Today (11/06)
- The Nature-Child Reunion — National Wildlife (6/06)
- Send Your Kids Outside—Now — USA Today (3/06)
- An Interview with Richard Louv about the Need to Get Kids Out into Nature — Grist (3/06)
- Top Science Books of the Year — Discover magazine (1/06)
- Child’s Play Moves Indoors — NBC Nightly News (7/05)
- Do Today’s Kids Have “Nature-Deficit Disorder”? — Salon.com (6/05)
- Free the Xbox Kids! — Outside magazine (6/05)
- The Dark Ages — London Times (6/05)
- Why Kids Need To Play Outdoors— CBS News (5/05)
- Saving Kids from ‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ — NPR’s Morning Edition (5/05)
- For All Who Have Never Climbed A Tree — Christian Science Monitor (5/05)
- Parenting — Washington Post (5/05)
- Reconnecting Young America with the Natural World — The Seattle Times (5/05)
- Growing Up Denatured — The New York Times (4/05)