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Leading a Movement to Connect all Children, their Families
and Communities to Nature
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BOOK NAME
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This is not just a call to action, it is a call for fun! Thinkof it as a party invitation, and the party location is allthe green and living space around us.
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Let·s G.O. (Get Outside!) 2012
brings together individuals, families,businesses, schools, agencies and
organizations who participate in outdoor
service projects.
The goal is to create a community of shared
commitment to service and to inspire,
cultivate and nourish a lifelong commitment
to naturebased play and recreation while
taking action to benefit the environment³
from neighborhoods to community parks to
national parks and other public lands.
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The more hightech our world becomes, themore we need nature in our lives. Young, old, or
in between, we can reap extraordinary benefitsby connecting ² or reconnecting ² to nature.
´Let·s G.O.! QUOTE« ́ ² Richard Louv, Founding Chairman, Children & Nature Network and
author, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-DeficitDisorder" and "The Nature Principle"
Let¶s G.O.! Partners & Sponsors
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OaklandChildren in Nature
Collaborative
Family Play Day on April 2, 2011
Significant outreach took place, youth
were trained as play rangers, and
natural materials were foraged inpreparation for the event. At the Play
Day, families built structures with
giant palms, little ones played in the
mud, and older kids spoke and
moved with excitement.
Photo credit: Roy Gordon
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REAL School Gardens
REAL School Gardens partners with
high-poverty elementary schools to
design and install school gardens,
train teachers to use them to improvechildren¶s learning, and build
community around them to nurture
support for urban schools. We
currently support learning gardens at
81 elementary schools across North
Texas, providing more than 45,000
children and 2,700 teachers with
daily access to impactful, hands-onlearning in the outdoors.
Photo © Scott Feille
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Summer Outdoor Literacy Day CampLogan, UT
Submitted by Krista Bustamante, Youth Discovery Inc
Sponsored by YDI, Stokes Nature Center & AmericanWest Heritage Center these camps providedunderserved students the opportunity to gain literacy
skills and self-confidence while enjoying the outdoors.
Photo © Madeline Hart
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Playborhood www.playborhood.com
Description
Photo © Mike Lanza
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Canyon Kids Community Service Internship
Florida Canyon Balboa Park, San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego Canyonlands, Local Point of View Tours, City of San Diego
Students from King Chavez High School are transforming an ice plant
covered area into a native habitat for local wildlife and creating an
accessible trail for park visitors.
© Local Point of View Tours
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Rocky Mountain Youth Corps:Work, Play, Serve
Taos, New MexicoRocky Mountain Youth Corps inspires young
adults to make a difference in themselves and
their communities.
Parachute© Elliot Dorris
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Martin Luther King Day of ServiceRancho SoñadoInside the Outdoors Foundation
MLK Day is a time when families and friends can
come together and serve in nature together!
Projects include habitat restoration, native plant
propagation, and building student teaching areas.
Photo © Inside the Outdoors
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+Lessons in nature¶s
classroomsSan Diego Children and
Nature Collaborative
The Nearby Nature School Field
Trip Guidebook is designed to
help educators and naturalists
use local natural areas (³nearbynature´) to meet curricular goals.
Included are field trip
procedures, orientation, and
sample lessons.
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Let¶s G.O! Clean UpMen of Model and
BOLT Team
Albany, New York
Submitted byNatural Leader,
Tyrell Hughes
Soon to be home of a community
raised bed garden with help
from our friends at The North
Face and Outdoor Nation. Truly
healing day... I am thankful that
we here in Albany were able to
to participate in our national
initiative... TRUL Y THANKFUL
«Tyrell Hughes
Photo © Bro Yusuf BOLT Team andMODEL
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Aldama Elementary
School BeautificationLos Angeles, CA
Submitted by Natural Leaders,Lizbeth Williams and Andrew
Anderson
Natural Leaders partnered with
Playworks and Americrops in a
collaborative effort of painting,
planting and a good time
outdoors. Children played,
smiled and participated in
giving their campus a much
needed fresh look.
Photo © Amir Nia
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+ Let's G.O.! S pring Family Coast Walk Nature Rocks Homer , South Central Alaska
Submitted by Carmen Field
Our youngest Coast Walker was a 3-year-old who found all sorts of tinypieces of styrofoam and plastic that adult eyes would've missed. Wedocumented every piece of trash found and removed over 110 pounds of marine debris.
Photo © Carmen Field
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