Richard Louv

"What would our lives be like if our days and nights were as immersed in nature as they are in technology?"

- Richard Louv

"Every child needs nature. Not just the ones whose parents appreciate nature. Not only those of a certain economic class or culture or set of abilities. Every child."

- Richard Louv

"All children need nature. Not just the ones whose parents appreciate nature. Not only those children of a certain economic class or culture or set of abilities. Every child."

- Richard Louv

"When children play in natural spaces, they’re far more likely to invent their own games than in more structured settings – a key factor in becoming self-directed and inventive adults later in life"

- Richard Louv

"We cannot protect something we do not love, we cannot love what we do not know, and we cannot know what we do not see. Or hear. Or sense."

- Richard Louv

"By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility."

- Richard Louv

"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

"Unlike television, nature does not steal time; it amplifies it."

- Richard Louv

"An environmental-based education movement—at all levels of education—will help students realize that school isn’t supposed to be a polite form of incarceration but a portal to the wider world."

- Richard Louv

"An environmental-based education movement—at all levels of education—will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration but a portal to the wider world."

- Richard Louv