Healing the Broken Bond Between Children and Nature

Evidence indicates that children today spend considerably less time outside than previousgenerations did, at a great cost to their health, level of learning, and even the future of theirenvironment. On the other hand, a growing movement exists to reconnect children and nature.Without question, camps should have a major role in that movement. Healing the Broken BondBetween Children and Nature reviews why so many children are disengaged from nature, why it'sso important to reconnect them, and what camp professionals can do to make a difference.

Among the topics covered:

• Tipping the balance toward promise
• Three what's
• What?
• So what?
• Now what?
• Windows of opportunity
• What camps can do to reconnect children to nature