“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.”
"What would our lives be like if our days and nights were as immersed in nature as they are in technology?"
- Richard Louv
Awareness
"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
Belief
"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
Creativity
"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
Responsibility
"By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility."
- Richard Louv
Nature
"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."
- Beauty and the Beast
Belief
"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."
- Beauty and the Beast
Belief
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
- Buddha
Belief
"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."
- Might Guy
Belief
"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."
- Josephus Daniels
Belief