quotes by Richard Louv
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"In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing something called acedia, a 'dangerous form of spiritual alienation' -- a devaluing of the world and its creator.""
— Richard Louv
— Richard Louv
"An environment-based education movement--at all levels of education--will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration, but a portal to the wider world."
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)
"If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief in perfection and the chore defeats the joy. It's a good thing to learn more about nature in order to share this knowledge with children; it's even better if the adult and child learn about nature together. And it's a lot more fun."
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)
"The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses."
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)
"Progress does not have to be patented to be worthwhile. Progress can also be measured by our interactions with nature and its preservation. Can we teach children to look at a flower and see all the things it represents: beauty, the health of an ecosystem, and the potential for healing? "
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)
