Comments for It's Not Easy Being Green http://trinityweblog.org/cwhite Musings on environmental issues Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:49:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Do Our Children Suffer from *Nature-Deficit Disorder? by Laura Deisley http://trinityweblog.org/cwhite/2007/09/19/do-our-children-suffer-from-nature-deficit-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Laura Deisley Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:49:20 +0000 http://trinityweblog.org/cwhite/2007/09/19/do-our-children-suffer-from-nature-deficit-disorder/#comment-4 You may have read this article from the Washington Post (June 2007 I think) which highlights the issue, quotes Louv, and reports on a government/business/education collaborative effort to raise $20 million for 20 encouraging time spent outdoors. Also noted is the goal of "one green hour" per day: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/18/AR2007061801808.html Given that 85% of our time is spent indoors, behind "screens" or not, intentional efforts to bring nature back to our children and families with "unstructured" activities is highly commendable. You may have read this article from the Washington Post (June 2007 I think) which highlights the issue, quotes Louv, and reports on a government/business/education collaborative effort to raise $20 million for 20 encouraging time spent outdoors. Also noted is the goal of “one green hour” per day:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/18/AR2007061801808.html

Given that 85% of our time is spent indoors, behind “screens” or not, intentional efforts to bring nature back to our children and families with “unstructured” activities is highly commendable.

]]> Comment on Do Our Children Suffer from *Nature-Deficit Disorder? by Willy http://trinityweblog.org/cwhite/2007/09/19/do-our-children-suffer-from-nature-deficit-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Willy Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:46:32 +0000 http://trinityweblog.org/cwhite/2007/09/19/do-our-children-suffer-from-nature-deficit-disorder/#comment-2 I never knew that there was a correlation between experiences in nature and ADHD! I guess it kind of makes sense- so many of the indoor activities that children typically participate in are stimulus-rich (video games, television, etc...). Was that what Louv was getting at? I think that it would be a wonderful idea, albeit one that might be difficult given all of our schedules, for key players to spend a substantial amount of time watching, observing, and witnessing children playing in our current outdoor area. Very good, well written first post! I never knew that there was a correlation between experiences in nature and ADHD! I guess it kind of makes sense- so many of the indoor activities that children typically participate in are stimulus-rich (video games, television, etc…). Was that what Louv was getting at?

I think that it would be a wonderful idea, albeit one that might be difficult given all of our schedules, for key players to spend a substantial amount of time watching, observing, and witnessing children playing in our current outdoor area.

Very good, well written first post!

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