BENEFITS OF OUTDOOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION
"NATURE DEFICIT DISORDER"
Conservation has been important for decades and it's even more important now. Most kids today spend more time in front of a blue screen than they do outdoors. In truth, so do most of us.
But now...the research is done...the books are written. We have the "evidence-based research" to prove what we all knew to begin with. Greenness supports a child's cognitive development. Even for children from challenging home or school environments, being in nature increases their sense of well-being and improves their coping skills.
*August 2018 BGCI Botanic Garden Conservation International
Research has found that exposure to nature
before age 11 is particularly powerful
in shaping environmental attitudes as an adult.
