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Ferreira, Maria M.; Grueber, David; Yarema, Sandra – School Community Journal, 2012
Today's children spend less and less time in the outdoors, leading Richard Louv in 2008 to coin the term "nature deficit disorder." Louv pointed out that experiences with nature are essential to a child's physical and emotional development and that the lack of these types of experiences has led to an increase in child obesity, attention…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Environment, Partnerships in Education, Elementary School Students