PLENARY: Overcoming "Ocean Deficit Disorder": Reconnecting Our Youth to the Oceans and Nature Part 2

PLENARY: Overcoming "Ocean Deficit Disorder": Reconnecting Our Youth to the Oceans and Nature

In his book Last Child in the Woods, author Richard Louv introduced us to the term, "nature deficit disorder," the consequences of a society increasingly disconnected from nature and a phenomenon especially widespread in today's youth. Lacking regular outdoor experiences, young people today face a nature deficit that is especially challenging when it comes to the oceans, which are more remote and often feared. This panel of environmental educators and youth examines the problem, its societal and policy ramifications, and solutions for how we can reconnect people -- starting with our youth -- to the oceans.

PANELISTS: Murray Fisher (Urban Assembly New York Harbor School), Dr. Andrea Neal (Blue Ocean Sciences), Rudy Sanchez (2011 Youth Activism Peter Benchley Ocean Award Recipient), Kyle Thiermann (Surf Ambassador, Save the Waves), Cortney Worrall (Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance)

MODERATOR: Dr. David E. Guggenheim (Ocean Doctor)
Organizer: Margo Pellegrino (Activist and paddler)

For more information:
http://www.bluefront.org/blue_vision_blog/bvs3/agenda/sunday22/#odd

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Sea
• Blue Frontier Campaign
• Marine Conservation Movement
• environment
• David Helvarg
• Seaweed Rebellion
• Washington DC Vision Summit
• Murray Fisher
• Urban Assembly
• New York Harbor School
• Dr. Andrea Neal
• Sciences
• Rudy Sanchez
• Kyle Thiermann
• Surf Ambassador
• Save Waves
• Cortney Worrall
• David E. Guggenheim
• Ocean
• Doctor