The Abundant Childhood: Nature, Creativity & Health: An Evening with Richard Louv - Indianapolis Museum of Art

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The Abundant Childhood: Nature, Creativity & Health: An Evening with Richard Louv

On Thursday, November 8, 2007, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Eagle Creek Park Foundation, Inc. and nine co-sponsoring organizations presented a lecture by journalist and futurist Richard Louv called The Abundant Childhood: Nature, Creativity and Health.

Remember romping around the woods or building tree houses as a kid? According to author and futurist Richard Louv, today's children are in danger of losing the benefits of unstructured outdoor play. In Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, Louv draws a connection between exposure to nature's physical and spiritual bounty, and improved health, creativity and empathy. Outdoor play is proven to inspire children to embrace the abundance of the planet with all their senses and to help them become environmental stewards. Hear Louv speak and be part of a renaissance in connecting youth with nature.

This program was part of the 2007 Spirit & Place Civic Festival.

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[freeasaphoenix]

Loved the book, Last Child in the Woods!

[ehabitarq]

it´s a great video

[ChildrenCreativity]

nice children creativity video! hope to see more soon! Thanks

[LeaWanderer]

Excellent, Excellent lecture. Thanks so much.

[jefrona]

If you search in Youtube for The discovery of the last child in the woods, you will find a two minutes humoristic video from the Netherlands which raises the same questions.

[jefrona]

If you search in Youtube for The discovery of the last child in the woods, you will find a video from Netherlands which raise the same questions and promote the same answers in a short capsule of less than 2 minutes.