{"id":2254,"date":"2020-04-20T14:14:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T14:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2020-04-20T14:14:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T14:14:08","slug":"nature-deficit-disorder-its-an-actual-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2254","title":{"rendered":"Nature Deficit Disorder… It’s an actual thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I just interviewed a local park system “naturalist” who has a Masters Degree in Environmental Science from Iowa University. She said with those in the last two generations becoming increasingly unplugged, so to speak, from nature, many have developed what is now being referred to as: “Nature Deficit Disorder.” She said how this manifests in youth, among others, is with higher rates of obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder, depression… In fact, she continued, that in 2006 author Richard Louv’s book, Last Child in the Woods<\/em><\/strong>, has sparked a, colloquially speaking, Back to the Woods Movement<\/em><\/strong>, if you will, with parents, teachers, church leaders… intentionally starting to help youth re-engage with nature in a much more prolific way. What’s more, besides the good it does for the kids’ psyches, and such, the kids, in turn, often “…fall in love with nature.” And once you love something, well, you’re more apt to want to save it. Our administration’s stance on the environment<\/a> is right in line with all this, and holds out a tremendous amount of models we’ve researched across the country to affect a tremendous shift toward the spirit of the paradigm I talk about here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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