The Times I Spent With My Children

Research Suggests That Exposure To The Natural World - Including Nearby Nature In Cities - Helps Improve Human Health, Well-being, And Intellectual Capacity In Ways That Science Is Only Recently Beginning To Understand.

The Times I Spent With My Children In Nature Are Among My Most Meaningful Memories-and I Hope Theirs.

The Future Will Belong To The Nature-smart-those Individuals, Families, Businesses, And Political Leaders Who Develop A Deeper Understanding Of The Transformative Power Of The Natural World And Who Balance The Virtual With The Real. The More High-tech We Become, The More Nature We Need.

When You're Sitting In Front Of A Screen, You're Not Using All Of Your Senses At The Same Time. Nowhere Than In Nature Do Kids Use Their Senses In Such A Stimulated Way.

Another British Study Discovered That Average Eight-year-olds Were Better Able To Identify Characters From The Japanese Card Trading Game Pokemon Than Native Species In The Community Where They Lived: Pikachu, Metapod, And Wigglytuff Were Names More Familiar To Them Than Otter, Beetle, And Oak Tree.