Resources for Getting Outside
Important Links
- Children & Nature Network learn about the group that started the international initiative to get young people outside and re-establish a human relationship with nature.
- Be Outside Idaho from the Idaho Children & Nature Network
- Take the Nature Deficit Disorder Survey HERE
- National Wildlife Federation's "Play and Observe Outside"
"Nature Deficit Disorder" Articles, NDD is not a medical condition but it is a major concern- learn more!
- Nature Deficit Disorder: What You Need to Know
- Kids and Trails: Antidote for NDD
- Beyond NDD, It's Time to Turn Consciousness in Action
- Wilderness under threat as visitors stay indoors
Videos
- Outside Day & TREE on IPTV's Dialogue show with Marcia Franklin on Idaho Public Television, April, 23, 2009
- Web Extra, Outside Day & TREE on IPTV's Dialogue show with Marcia Franklin, April, 23, 2009
- Nature Deficit Disorder, video about this national "epidemic"
- KQED & Nature Deficit Disorder
Podcasts
- Living Green podcast on Nature Deficit Disorder
- KQED, podcast on Nature Deficit Disorder
Blogs
Join "OD" on Facebook
ACTIVITIES
- Nature Explore, Arbor Day Foundation
- Backyard Nature
- Unplug Your Kids
- Outdoor Activities, ages 6-10
- Easy Ways to Get Outdoors, 12 short articles
- Children in Nature, seasonal activities
PRESENTATIONS
Below are some wonderful opportunities to get involved with groups that make a difference through environmental & outdoor education, research and restoration programs and projects. Specific checklists will help you bring the right gear for your outdoor adventures.
PLACES TO VISIT
- Make Reservations to Stay in Idaho's State Parks
- National Parks Conservation Association, Protecting our National Parks for Future Generations
ENVIRONMENTAL & OUTDOOR EDUCATION
- Outdoor Education Professionals' Resource
- Environmental Education, EPA
- NAAEE, North American Association for Environmental Education
- National Park Service
- Bureau of Land Management
- U.S. Forest Service
- Idaho Fish & Game Department
- Idaho Parks & Recreation Department
CHECKLISTS (be creative & try not to spend a lot of money for gear, i.e. go to second hand store)
OUTINGS
COALITIONS
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination. -Henry David Thoreau