A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to be careful how you describe and define 'nature.

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

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.

American family life has never been particularly idyllic. In the nineteenth century, nearly a quarter of all children experienced the death of one of their parents.... Not until the sixties did the chief cause of separation of parents shift from death to divorce.

When you're sitting in front of a screen, you're not using all of your senses at the same time. Nowhere than in nature do kids use their senses in such a stimulated way.

The future will belong to the nature-smart...Th e more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.

Research suggests that exposure to the natural world - including nearby nature in cities - helps improve human health, well-being, and intellectual capacity in ways that science is only recently beginning to understand.