Now, More Than Ever, We

To Take Nature And Natural Play Away From Children May Be Tantamount To Withholding Oxygen.

The Pleasure Of Being Alive Is Brought Into Sharper Focus When You Need To Pay Attention To Staying Alive.

Nature Is Imperfectly Perfect, Filled With Loose Parts And Possibilities, With Mud And Dust, Nettles And Sky, Transcendent Hands-on Moments And Skinned Knees.

A Widening Circle Of Researchers Believes That The Loss Of Natural Habitat, Or The Disconnection From Nature Even When It Is Available, Has Enormous Implications For Human Health And Child Development. They Say The Quality Of Exposure To Nature Affects Our Health At An Almost Cellular Level.

We Cannot Protect Something We Do Not Love, We Cannot Love What We Do Not Know, And We Cannot Know What We Do Not See. Or Hear. Or Sense.