The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.

In our bones we need the natural curves of hills, the scent of chaparral, the whisper of pines, the possibility of wildness.

What would our lives be like if our days and nights were as immersed in nature as they are in technology?

Another British study discovered that average eight-year-olds were better able to identify characters from the Japanese card trading game Pokemon than native species in the community where they lived: Pikachu, Metapod, and Wigglytuff were names more familiar to them than otter, beetle, and oak tree.

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.

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.

Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day.