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No
child left inside
by Allison Pease, Exectuive Director
Kids at one with nature: It's more than mere
play
by Allison Pease, Executive Director
“No Child Left Inside” website
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
The Story of Stuff
by Annie Leonard
A 20-minute animation of the consumerist society, narrated by Anne Leonard, to
view online or download.
“The Children and Nature Network”
sponsored
by Richard Louv
The Girl Who
Silenced The World For 5 Minutes
presented by Severn Suzuki at the UN Earth Summit
1992
Childhood has moved inside in one
generation
by Dennis Cauchon, whitedot.org
In the 1960s, 27 hours of children's
programming aired weekly, mostly on Saturday morning.
Today, there are more than 14 networks aimed at children...yet
the most popular show with children, American Idol,
isn't on any of them.
Kids & Media
@ The New Millennium
1999 Report by the Kaiser Family Foundation
Children ages
8-10 spend an average of 6 hours a day watching television,
playing video
games, and using computers during the school year.
Effects of Outdoor Education Programs on Children in
California
By the American Institutes of Research
A study
released in 2006 by the California Department of Education
found that districts with intensive outdoor classroom
experiences did 27% better on math and science tests
than districts whose students in traditional classrooms.
Migrating
birds may "see" Earth's magnetic
field
© Reuters 2007
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