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Richard Louv

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http://richardlouv.com/

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Social Sciences, Outdoors & Nature

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Richard Louv (born 1949) is a journalist and author of seven books about the connections between family, nature and community. His most recent book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder (Algonquin), translated into 9 languages and published in 13 countries, has stimulated an international conversation about the relationship between children and nature.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 3,858 ratings · 1,002 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder 3.92 avg rating — 3,357 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder 3.67 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Web of Life: Weaving the Values That Sustain Us 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Fly-Fishing for Sharks: An American Journey 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Childhood's Future 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	101 Things You Can Do for Our Children's Future 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Father Love: What We Need, What We Seek, What We Must Create 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	America II 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	My rating:
	101 Things for Children to Do 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996	My rating:
	The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:

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“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

tags: childhood , nature , parenting

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“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

tags: childhood , nature , parenting

10 people liked it

“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

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