Author: Richard Louv

Quotes

Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day.

Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day.

- Richard Louv

No other youth group like the Scouts has trained so many future leaders while at the same time being a nature organization with its outdoor focus.

No other youth group like the Scouts has trained so many future leaders while at the same time being a nature organization with its outdoor focus.

- Richard Louv

There's a generation now that didn't grow up in nature. Some of these adults are parents and they know that nature is good for their kids but they don't know where to start.

There's a generation now that didn't grow up in nature. Some of these adults are parents and they know that nature is good for their kids but they don't know where to start.

- Richard Louv

We tend to block off many of our senses when we're staring at a screen. Nature time can literally bring us to our senses.

We tend to block off many of our senses when we're staring at a screen. Nature time can literally bring us to our senses.

- Richard Louv

By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility.

By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility.

- Richard Louv

Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication.

Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication.

- Richard Louv

Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.

Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.

- Richard Louv

When you're sitting in front of a screen, you're not using all of your senses at the same time. Nowhere than in nature do kids use their senses in such a stimulated way.

When you're sitting in front of a screen, you're not using all of your senses at the same time. Nowhere than in nature do kids use their senses in such a stimulated way.

- Richard Louv

Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact.

Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact.

- Richard Louv

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