Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.

Most people are either awakened to or are strengthened in their spiritual journey by experiences in the natural world.

As the young spend less of their lives in natural surroundings, their senses narrow, physiologically and psychologically and this reduces the richness of human experience we need contact with nature.

Children who played outside every day, regrdless of weather, had better motor coordination and more ability to concentrate.

A natural environment is far more complex than any playing field.

What if a tree fell in the forest and no one knew it's biological name? Did it exist?

In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their children. At the top of the list were conformity and strict obedience. More than fifty years later, when the Middletown survey was replicated, mothers placed autonomy and independence first. The healthiest parenting probably promotes a balance of these qualities in children.