An Evening with Richard Louv
Nov 9 2007 - 8:00am
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If you missed the November 8 event The Abundant Childhood: Nature, Creativity and Health or want to share your experience with others, you can! Below you'll find everything from a downloadable event program and list of follow-up events to photos and video of the evening with Richard Louv at the IMA.
Event description
On Thursday, November 8, 2007, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Eagle Creek Park Foundation, Inc. and nine co-sponsoring organizations presented a lecture by journalist and futurist Richard Louv called The Abundant Childhood: Nature, Creativity and Health.
Remember romping around the woods or building tree houses as a kid? According to author and futurist Richard Louv, today’s children are in danger of losing the benefits of unstructured outdoor play. In Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, Louv draws a connection between exposure to nature’s physical and spiritual bounty, and improved health, creativity and empathy. Outdoor play is proven to inspire children to embrace the abundance of the planet with all their senses and to help them become environmental stewards. Hear Louv speak and be part of a renaissance in connecting youth with nature.
This program was part of the 2007 Spirit & Place Civic Festival.
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Follow-up events
Programs for Further Action:
Supporting Unstructured Play in Neighborhood Parks
This program will help educators explore ideas for unstructured outdoor field trips that meet academic standards. Join IndyParks naturalists to trade ideas about teaching outdoors—and overcoming the obstacles to outdoor teaching.
Saturday, November 17 / 9:00 am–noon
Earth Discovery Center, inside Eagle Creek Park
Contact: Karen La Mere, klamere@indygov.org, 317-327-7120
Nature and Technology: Foes or Friends?
Visit the state-of-the art Earth Discovery Center at Eagle Creek Park for a hands-on activity and discussion of how technology can complement the “muddy hands” experience of nature.
Saturday, December 1 / 9:00 am–noon
Earth Discovery Center, inside Eagle Creek Park
Contact: Karen La Mere, klamere@indygov.org, 317-327-7120
Living Green in Today’s World
Sign up for this four-part series on realistic and responsible green lifestyles: 3/6 (Being Green at Home); 3/20 (Organic Gardening); 4/3 (Sharing the Outdoors with Children); and 4/17 (Ideas for Change and Positive Impact).
Thursdays, March 6 & 20, April 3 & 17, 2008 / 7:00–8:00 pm
Holliday Park Nature Center, 6363 Spring Mill Rd.
Contact: Adam Barnes, abarnes@indygov.org, 317-327-7180 (Registration required: series fee $12)
Environmental Education Symposium
Examine current trends and issues in environmen¬tal education and help shape a new environmental education agenda for the state of Indiana.
Thursday & Friday, June 26 & 27, 2008
Indiana State Museum, 650 W. Washington St.
Contact: Warren Gartner, wgartner@dnr.in.gov
Outdoor Experiences:
Adaptations: The Key to Surviving Winter!
Families, take an educational hike while learning about how animals and plants are adapted to survive winter in the Marian College EcoLab.
Thursday, November 29 / 4:30–6:00 pm
EcoLab at Marian College, 3200 Cold Spring Rd.
Contact: Michelle Priddy, mpriddy@marian.edu (RSVP by Nov. 28)
No Child Left Inside: Family Fun at Fort Harrison State Park
Bring the family and visit Indy’s nature oasis on the eastside--Fort Harrison State Park--for hiking, bird watching and more. Adult caregivers can learn ways to help children enjoy healthy, safe outdoor fun. Presented by Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Peace Learning Center.
February 2008
Fort Harrison State Park, 5753 Glenn Rd.
Contact: 317-562-1338 or visit www.in.gov/dnr/nrec
Earth Day Nature Park Planting
Visit this new volunteer-run northside park and lend a hand on a spring day planting wildflowers, marking trails, removing invasive plants and more. All ages invited.
Saturday, April 19, 2008 / 9:00 am–1:00 pm
Daubenspeck Community Nature Park, 8900 Ditch Rd.
Contact: daubpark@hotmail.com
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