Richard Louv

Celebrate Children & Nature Awareness Month

The Children & nature Network has declared April as "Children & Nature Awareness Month". As part of a growing list of Nature Awareness Month events, Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, will be in town on Saturday, April 26 for a lecture at the Cincinnati Flower Show. Click here for more information on this great event.

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About Leave No Child Inside
of Greater Cincinnati

Leave No Child Inside of Greater Cincinnati is a collaboration of organizations and individuals educating the community that time spent in nature is essential for the physical, mental and emotional health of all children.

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What is Happening Nationally

Children and Nature Network was created to encourage and support people and organizations working to reconnect children with nature. The network provides a critical link between researchers and individuals, educators and organizations dedicated to children's health and well-being.

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What's New

Child-Friendly Backyard Contest

We know that unstructured outdoor play leads to happier, healthier and smarter children! Leave No Child Inside wants to encourage a return to the joyful, creative outdoor play activities that should be the birthright of all children. Our Grow Outside Guide to Outdoor Play includes ideas for creating a Child-Friendly Backyard. The contest is a fun way to encourage parents to allocate space for these safe, unstructured play areas.

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Granny's Garden School

Want to see first-hand just how much of a difference one person can make? Plan a trip to Granny's Garden School in Loveland! Seeing how disconnected kids are becoming from the natural world and their communities, Roberta Paolo (aka "Granny") decided to do something about it.

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Conserving our Camps for Future Scouts

On Saturday, April 5, over 75 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts at the Dan Beard Scout RRichard Louveservation and over 30 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts at Camp Michaels learned about conservation while helping our camps at the spring Camp Conservation Day.

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For Parents and Mentors:
Get those kids outside!!!

Leave No Child Inside-Greater Cincinnati’s Grow Outside Guide to Outdoor Play, including The Child-Friendly Backyard, is available online.

Now's the time to enroll your child in a summer camp that will provide him or her with a wealth of experiences and many fond, childhood memories. You can search Summer camps at Cincinnati.Com. Look for Summer Camps under "Category".


Explore our region's natural bounty