Nature Deficit Disorder

Recommended QUEST Resources

• Producer's Notes - Nature Deficit Disorder

  TV Producer Gabriela Quirós reminisces about her childhood adventures in nature growing up in Costa Rica on the QUEST Community Science Blog.

• Share Your Photos - Childhood Nature Experiences

  Do you feel kids today are missing out on vital outdoor experiences? We'd love it if you would share images of your own childhood experiences in nature in our Flickr photo pool.

• See Photos from the kids' "Camping at the Presidio" trip

  View and comment on our photo set for the Nature Deficit Disorder - KQED QUEST radio report on flickr.com.

• Nature Deficit Disorder (radio)

  A growing number of parents, children's advocates and political leaders are worried that our culture's disconnection from nature is harming kids. Concerns about long-term health consequences like obesity have spawned a movement to "leave no child inside."

Additional Links

• Camping at the Presidio

  To provide San Francisco children and youth who traditionally have not visited national parks with overnight camping experiences, the Crissy Field Center, the Presidio Trust, and Bay Area Wilderness Training have developed the Camping at the Presidio program.

• Hooked on Nature

  Hooked on Nature www.hookedonnature.org This San José non-profit provides nature circles, workshops and resource materials to help adults learn ways to connect the children in their lives with the natural world.

• Children & Nature Network

  The Children & Nature Network is a national organization created to encourage and support the people and groups working to reconnect children with nature. It provides access to the latest news and research in the field and a peer-to-peer network of researchers and individuals, educators and organizations dedicated to children’s health and well-being.

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