"The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is collecting data on the great benefits of unstructured outdoor recreation. One of the great benefits of unstructured outdoor recreation is that it doesn't cost anything. Because it's free, there's no major economic interest that would finance the research of the benefits of the child-nature connection."
"If kids are out there riding their bikes or walking, they're not burning fossil fuel, they're no bodies captive audience; they're not making money for anybody . . . follow the money! None the less, a growing body of evidence indicates that direct exposure to nature is essential for physical and emotional health. For example, new studies suggest that exposure to nature may reduce the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and that it can improve all children's cognitive abilities and resistance to negative stresses and depression."
"Nature Deficit Disorder describes the human cost of alienation from nature; among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses. The disorder can be detected in individuals, families and communities."
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