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Green Facts
- Bike riding has decreased by 30 percent
over the past few decades.
- In a typical week, only 6 percent of
children ages nine to thirteen play outside.
- Children at 8-years-old can identify
25 percent more Pokemon® characters
than wildlife species.
- Youths between the ages of eight and
eighteen spend more than forty-five hours
a week with electronic media.
- Obesity in children has increased from
about 4 percent in the 1960s to close
to 20 percent in 2004.
- 70 percent of the mothers reported
playing outdoors every day when they
were young, compared with only 31 percent
of their children.
- Free play and discretionary time declined
nine hours a week from 1981 to 2003.
- 71 percent of adults report that they
walked or rode a bike to school when
they were children, but only 22 percent
of children do so today.
(Source: Children & Nature
Network)
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Nature Lessons for Your Campers
A vast resource of lesson plans for your
nature center and on-site naturalist is
a click away at the The National Environmental
Education Foundation’s online Environmental
Education Curricula Library.
Find creative programming ideas from learning
about amphibians and climate change to
birds and recycling.
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The Great American Backyard Campout
The
National Wildlife Federation’s
Great American Backyard Campout will be
held June 28, 2008. The one-night event
motivates families, youth, and individuals
to camp out in their backyards or local
parks to discover the fun of being in the
great outdoors. The National Wildlife Federation
offers tools to organize a camp out at
your camp or to host a campout for your
community. Register as a partner online
and download a complimentary copy of the
Great
American Backyard Campout Event planning
guide.
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