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Fri, Jun 1, 2007 -- 10:00 AM

Nature Deficit Disorder
The program discusses a phenomenon called "Nature Deficit Disorder," a condition describing young people growing up without exposure to the natural environment.

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Host: Dave Iverson

Guests:

  • Alex Padilla, state senator from District 20 in California's San Fernando Valley

  • Juan Martinez, volunteer youth coordinator with the Sierra Club and former participant of an outdoors program that transformed his life

  • Martin LeBlanc, national youth education director for the Sierra Club

  • Richard Louv, author of "Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder"

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