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Natural Leaders/Families/Teachers; Nature Club for Families; Let’s Go Initiative

  • Author(s): Children and Nature Network (http://www.childrenandnature.org/)
  • Organization: Children and Nature Network (http://www.childrenandnature.org/)
  • Date Published: January 1, 2012

The Natural Leaders Legacy Initiative presents an opportunity to train, activate, and support some of the best young leaders of our time. We will do this by building strong intergenerational grassroots leadership in communities nationwide to solve Nature-Deficit Disorder. These leaders will be equipped with outings certification (to move their communities outside) and community leadership skills (to engage their communities in sustainable solutions for Nature-Deficit Disorder). We know that the path towards solutions runs through empowering communities–this is the way to build a legacy, to build a movement.

Let’s G.O.! (Get Outside) is a youth-inspired, youth led Children & Nature initiative to rally people of all ages to Play, Serve and Celebrate during the month of April. We’re encouraging intergenerational groups of people to get outside, be active, have fun and connect with nature. Families, teachers, students, mentors, grandparents and grand friends – especially children and youth – are invited to participate.

https://www.childrenandnature.org/initiatives/

Natural Movement Fitness (MovNat)

    • Organization: Natural Movement http://www.movnat.com/
    • Date Published: January 6, 2014

    “MovNat is a physical education & fitness system based on the full range of natural human movement abilities. These include the locomotive skills of walking, running, jumping, balancing, crawling, climbing & swimming. In addition we practice the manipulative skills of lifting, carrying, throwing & catching. How we move is how we train.”

    http://www.movnat.com/

Natural Playgrounds: Best Choice in a Tight Economy.

    • Organization: Natural Playgrounds Company http://naturalplaygrounds.com
    • Date Published: January 2, 2012

    This website provides useful information on what natural playgrounds are, what they cost as well as links to educational resources.

    http://naturalplaygrounds.com/economy.php

Natural Thinking: Investigating the links between the Natural Environment, Biodiversity and Mental Health

  • Author(s): William Bird
  • Organization: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds http://www.rspb.org.uk
  • Date Published: December 31, 2007

This report, commissioned by the RSPB, looks at the evidence linking wildlife-rich areas and green space with mental health. Past generations have intuitively understood this relationship, perhaps better than we do, yet the evidence needed to quantify the health value of the natural environment is still evolving.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/naturalthinking_tcm9-161856.pdf

Nature as Foundation of Economy: Investing in Natural Infrastructure for Conservation Supporting Human Development

  • Author(s): David Monsma
  • Organization: The Aspen Institute
  • Date Published: December 1, 2012

This report looks at several “First Principles for Conservation and Human Development Dialogue” and notes that “these principles formalized a new approach to conservation that will develop effective protection of natural resources by informing strategies with economic and human development needs, while maintaining that human development efforts would be more effective if integrated with conservation principles.”

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/nature-foundation-economy/

Nature as the “unintended consequence” – Walk Richmond

Nature Circles

    • Organization: Hooked on Nature http://www.hookedonnature.org/
    • Date Published: January 4, 2014

    This site offers ideas and suggestions on creating nature circles as means of creating community engagement and building awareness of our natural environment.

    http://naturecircles.org/

Nature Clubs for Families Toolkit

    • Organization: Children and Nature Network (http://www.childrenandnature.org/)

    The Children & Nature Network (C&NN) has drawn on the best available research, common sense, and parents’ direct experiences to develop this C&NN Nature Clubs for Families Tool Kit: Do It Yourself! Do It Now! We hope it inspires you to get your own family and friends outdoors for many happy, healthy adventures together.

    http://www.childrenandnature.org/downloads/NCFF_toolkit.pdf