NLCU: Nature Everywhere Communities Action Challenge!

Course Description:

Place your city in the forefront of efforts to connect children to nature more equitably, and learn how to receive nationwide recognition for doing so. Following a thorough introduction to the topic of connecting children to nature – first explained in the seminal book by Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods – this course will provide step by step guidance to receiving recognition through the Nature Everywhere Communities Action Challenge.  Along with faculty and tools and resources drawn from NLC, Children & Nature Network, and KABOOM!, and examples from the 70+ cities already committed to the Nature Everywhere Communities initiative, course participants from your city will learn how to reduce “nature deficit disorder” and realize the promise of “more green, less screen.” 

Course Outcomes:

• Increase understanding of the Nature Everywhere Communities framework and the benefits of regular connections to nature for children 
• Receive guidance to complete at least two local actions within the ten available through the Nature Everywhere Communities Action Challenge 
• Obtain recognition as one of the first Nature Everywhere Communities Action Challenge cities 

For questions, contact university@nlc.org.