[Ed. note: This article is part of our weekly series of resources for churches and families called Cultivating Community published on Thursdays.] It is never too early to start learning about creation care. In fact, Sunday school … [Read more...]
Richard Bateman: Kids Need the “Subtle Beauty” of the Backyard
March 12, 2011 by 1 Comment
"If people develop a place for nature, all else will follow. Once you have this love, it is easy to begin a lifetime of being immersed in the natural world." So says artist and environmentalist Richard Bateman in an interview in the Oxonian … [Read more...]
Richard Louv Wants To Save Your Kids From The Indoors
March 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, coined the term "nature-deficit disorder" to describe the negative affects children favoring the indoors over the outdoors. At first, the idea … [Read more...]