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Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder / Richard Louv.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Atlantic, 2010.Edition: Rev. and updated [ed.]Description: x, 388 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781848870833:
  • 9781848870833
  • 1848870833
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.418 22
Contents:
[Part 1: The new relationship between children and Nature] Gifts of Nature -- The third frontier -- The criminalization of natural play.
[Part 2: Why the young (and the rest of us) need Nature] Climbing the trees of health -- A life of the senses: Nature vs. the know-it-all state of mind -- The 'eighth intelligence' -- The genius of childhood: how Nature nurtures creativity -- Nature-deficit disorder and the restorative environment.
[Part 3: The best of intentions: why Johnnie and Jeannie don't play outside anymore] Time and fear -- The bogeyman syndrome redux -- Don't know much about natural history: education as a barrier to Nature -- Where will future stewards of Nature come from?
[Part 4: The nature-child reunion] Bringing nature home -- Scared smart: facing the bogeyman -- Telling turtle tales: using nature as a moral teacher.
[Part 5: The jungle blackboard] Natural school reform -- Camp revival.
[Part 6: Wonder land: opening the fourth frontier] The education of Judge Thatcher: decriminalizing natural play -- Cities gone wild -- Where the wild things will be: a new back-to-the-land movement.
[Part 7: To be amazed] The spiritual necessity of Nature for the young -- Fire and fermentation: building a movement -- While it lasts.
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Previous edition: 2009. 20.00

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Part 1: The new relationship between children and Nature] Gifts of Nature -- The third frontier -- The criminalization of natural play.

[Part 2: Why the young (and the rest of us) need Nature] Climbing the trees of health -- A life of the senses: Nature vs. the know-it-all state of mind -- The 'eighth intelligence' -- The genius of childhood: how Nature nurtures creativity -- Nature-deficit disorder and the restorative environment.

[Part 3: The best of intentions: why Johnnie and Jeannie don't play outside anymore] Time and fear -- The bogeyman syndrome redux -- Don't know much about natural history: education as a barrier to Nature -- Where will future stewards of Nature come from?

[Part 4: The nature-child reunion] Bringing nature home -- Scared smart: facing the bogeyman -- Telling turtle tales: using nature as a moral teacher.

[Part 5: The jungle blackboard] Natural school reform -- Camp revival.

[Part 6: Wonder land: opening the fourth frontier] The education of Judge Thatcher: decriminalizing natural play -- Cities gone wild -- Where the wild things will be: a new back-to-the-land movement.

[Part 7: To be amazed] The spiritual necessity of Nature for the young -- Fire and fermentation: building a movement -- While it lasts.

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