Kids Are Absolutely Starved For Positive Adult

Environment-based Education Produces Student Gains In Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, And Math; Improves Standardized Test Scores And Grade-point Averages; And Develops Skills In Problem-solving, Critical Thinking, And Decision-making.

It Takes Time--loose, Unstructured Dreamtime-- To Experience Nature In A Meaningful Way. Unless Parents Are Vigilant, Such Time Becomes A Scarce Resource, Not Because We Intend It To Shrink, But Because Time Is Consumed By Multiple, Invisible Forces; Because Our Culture Currently Places So Little Value On Natural Play.

The Woods Were My Ritalin. Nature Calmed Me, Focused Me, And Yet Excited My Senses.

A Natural Environment Is Far More Complex Than Any Playing Field.

The Real Cultural War Is Between The Culture Of Narcissism And What Might Be Called The Culture Of Renewal.