| Edition |
Updated and expanded. |
| Description |
xii, 390 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-332) and index. |
| Summary |
Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists to find ways for children to experience the natural world more deeply. |
| Contents |
The new relationship between children and nature: Gifts of nature -- The third frontier -- The criminalization of natural play -- Why the young (and the rest of us) need nature: Climbing the tree of health -- A life of the senses : nature vs. the know-it-all state of mind -- The "eighth intelligence" -- The genius of childhood : how nature nurtures creativity -- Nature-deficit disorder and the restorative environment -- The best of intentions-why Johnnie and Jeannie don't play outside anymore: Time and fear -- The bogeyman syndrome redux -- Don't know much about natural history : education as a barrier to nature -- Where will future stewards of nature come from? -- The nature-child reunion: Bringing nature home -- Scared smart : facing the bogeyman -- Telling turtle tales : using nature as a moral teacher -- The jungle blackboard: Natural school reform -- Camp revival -- Wonder land : opening the fourth frontier: The education of Judge Thatcher : decriminalizing natural play -- Cities gone wild -- Where the wild things will be : a new back-to-the-land movement -- To be amazed: The spiritual necessity of nature for the young -- Fire and fermentation : building a movement -- While it lasts. |
| Subject |
Nature -- Psychological aspects.
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Children and the environment.
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NATURE / General.
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Children and the environment. (OCoLC)fst00855235
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Nature $x Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01034591
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| ISBN |
9781565126053 (paperback) |
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156512605X (paperback) |
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