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How Can We Inspire Children to be Stewards of the Planet? - The Cleanest Line
www.patagonia.com

From the Patagonia blog. The blog post doesn’t include a lot of scientific data or earth-shattering pronouncements or ideas, but it groups some common sense, almost obvious benefits of various activities, programs, tasks and adventures, and informs us of the benefits of each. Plus, some fun photos of kids playing in nature, doing volunteer work in nature, studying in nature.

A couple of weeks ago, I was playing outdoors with our grandson, who is one year and nine months old. He notice birds, squirrels, the wind blowing the limbs of the giant trees on our property, a march of ants, butterflies and, of course, cars, trucks and bicycles on the street and adults walking kids and dogs on the sidewalks. At the end of the play, I noticed that he had grass stains on the knees of his sweat pants, and dirt on his arms and hands. I knew then that the episode was a success.

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We want children to love nature so that they protect it in the future. To do that, children must have time to play outside, communing with plants and relating to the heroic march of ants. Being in nature is just plain good for children and adults. In 2015, a Stanford University study determined that walking outdoors in a park for one hour made the test subjects happier than walking for an hour in a city. A recent study done in Amsterdam found that even images of natural settings can help students relax and improve their abilities in school. One of the scientists involved mused, “Just imagine the effect of real trees.” Not only do children benefit from nature, but nature benefits from children.
We don’t need research to tell us that spending time outdoors is good for us. However, we love that research now supports what we’ve known for a long time. There is growing evidence that spending time in natural environments positively affects children. When children spend time in nature, they are happier, calmer, and more focused.
#children#nature#future#support#education
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