Home / Quotes / Quote by Richard Louv

Quote by Richard Louv

“The pleasure of being alive is brought into sharper focus when you need to pay attention to staying alive.”

Quote by Richard Louv

Book:The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age

Work

The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age

This book delves into the importance of reconnecting with the natural world amidst the increasing dominance of virtual environments. It examines the psychological and physical benefits of nature and offers strategies for fostering a deeper relationship with the natural world. more

Author

Richard Louv, born in 1949, is a renowned author whose work primarily focuses on the relationship between humans and nature, particularly the relationship between children and nature. Louv's works have had a profound impact on the fields of environmental protection and education. more

You May Also Like

“The physical exercise and emotional stretching that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied and less time-bound than is found in organized sports. Playtime—especially unstructured, imaginative, exploratory play—is increasingly recognized as an essential component of wholesome child development.”

Children Play Found Sports Enjoy Emotional Development Exercise Essentials Bounds Organized Components Imaginative Stretching Child Development Physical Exercise Playtime Organized Sports

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“One of my students told me that every time she learns the name of a plant, she feels as if she is meeting someone new. Giving a name to something is a way of knowing it.”

Ifs Way Giving Feels Names Knowing Students Plant Meetings Meeting Someone

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological health, risk to children's concept and perception of community, risk to self-confidence and the ability to discern true danger”

Children Doe Self Nature Community Ability Risk Childhood Danger Perception Concepts Including Self Confidence Psychological Backseat Psychological Health

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“There’s no denying the benefits of the Internet. But electronic immersion, without a force to balance it, creates the hole in the boat — draining our ability to pay attention, to think clearly, to be productive and creative.”

Thinking Force Ability Pay Attention Creative Internet Balance Benefits Holes Boat Pay Attention Productive Draining Immersion

Book:The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age

Source: The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age

“This seems clear enough: When truly present in nature, we do use all our senses at the same time, which is the optimum state of learning.”

States Enough Use Seems Clear Senses Optimum

Book:The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age

Source: The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age

“The future will belong to the nature-smart-those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the transformative power of the natural world and who balance the virtual with the real. The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.”

World Needs Real Political Individual Understanding Natural Leader Balance Smart Deeper Natural World Political Leaders Deeper Understanding

Author:Richard Louv

“Some kids don't want to be organized all the time. They want to let their imaginations run; they want to see where a stream of water takes them.”

Want Running Kids Water Imagination Streams Organized

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“We tend to block off many of our senses when we're staring at a screen. Nature time can literally bring us to our senses.”

Screens Senses Block Staring

Author:Richard Louv

“Nature introduces children to the idea—to the knowing—that they are not alone in this world, and that realities and dimensions exist alongside their own.”

World Children Ideas Reality Knowing This World Dimensions Introducing Not Alone

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“In every bio-region, one of the most urgent tasks is to rebuild the community of naturalists - so radically depleted in recent years, as young people have spent less time in nature, and higher education has placed less value on such disciplines as zoology……The times are right for the return of the amateur, twenty-first-century, citizen naturalist. To be a citizen naturalist is to take personal action, to both protect and participate in nature.”

People Years Firsts Action Young Values Community Century Return Higher Citizens Discipline Protect Tasks Twenties Regions Urgent Higher Education Naturalist Bios Zoology

Author:Richard Louv