Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

by Richard Louv

Unlike television, nature does not steal time; it amplifies it.

Nature inspires creativity in a child by demanding visualization and the full use of the senses.

The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.

Countless communities have virtually outlawed unstructured outdoor nature play, often because of the threat of lawsuits, but also because of a growing obsession with order.