Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.

Progress does not have to be patented to be worthwhile. Progress can also be measured by our interactions with nature and its preservation. Can we teach children to look at a flower and see all the things it represents: beauty, the health of an ecosystem, and the potential for healing?

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.

The real cultural war is between the culture of narcissism and what might be called the culture of renewal.

By letting our children lead us to their own special places we can rediscover the joy and wonder of nature.

By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility.

We cannot protect something we do not love, we cannot love what we do not know, and we cannot know what we do not see. Or hear. Or sense.