Mother Nature’s Child
This is an introduction to a forthcoming film about nature’s essential role in three phases of childhood: toddlers, middle childhood and adolescence. Today nature deficit disorder threatens the health and well-being of our children. MOTHER NATURES CHILD addresses this threat and explores the benefits of time in nature.
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As an entire generation of children disconnects from the natural world, we ask: what will they lose intellectually, emotionally, physically, spiritually? Why do children need unstructured time outside? How important is risk-taking to healthy child development? How is play a form of learning? Why are teachers resistant to taking students outside? How can inner city kids connect with nature? What does it mean to educate the “whole” child?
To address these questions, we have filmed children of all ages and interviewed parents, teachers and the following experts: Stephen Kellert, David Sobel, Jon Young, Brother Yusuf Burgess, Nancy Bell, Misha Golfman, Rob Hanson, Amy Beam, Mary Hardcastle, Pearline Tyson, and others.
We now seek funding to complete the film, discussion guide and website. To date, we have received generous support from the Foundation for Global Community, Newman’s Own Organics, Norcross Wildlife Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation and a number of committed individuals.
If you would like to help by making a donation to the film, a tax-deductible contribution may be sent to our non-profit fiscal agent: NorthWoods Stewardship Center, P.O. Box 220, East Charleston, VT 05833. Attn: Diana Markwardt. (802) 723.6551 x114.
For more information about MOTHER NATURE’S CHILD, contact Camilla Rockwell at fuzzyslippersprod@comcast.net and visit them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mother-Natures-Child/184158708677