Louv at the Lied
"Addressing the Human Connection to
Nature"
February 19 at 7 p.m.
Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th in
Lincoln
Richard Louv, author of the ground breaking book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder and chairman of the Children & Nature Network, will address the mounting evidence showing the dwindling relationship between children and nature. Louv relates the lack of children’s outdoor play with issues such as attention disorders, childhood obesity, depression, and stress. Additionally, Louv offers suggestions to parents, teachers, policy makers, and others concerned about the future of childhood and our environment on how to ensure that the bond between children and nature is created and nurtured.
For parents, educators, environmentalists, counselors, community planners, policymakers…
Free tickets. Advance reservation required. Limited seating available. To reserve tickets, call the Lied Center at 1-800-432-3231.
"Louv at the Lied" is brought to you through the generous gifts these
contributors:
Cooper
Foundation
Peru State
College
Spring Creek Prairie
Audubon Center
Papio-Missouri Natural
Resources District
Nebraska Alliance for
Conservation & Environment Education
University of Nebraska College of Education &
Human Services
The American
Fisheries Society, Nebraska Chapter
University of Nebraska,
Environmental Studies Program
Nebraska Chapter of the Wildlife
Society
Nebraska
Association of Teachers of Science
Nebraska Environmental Trust
Wachiska Audubon Society
Doane College
Pheasants Forever
Great
Plains Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects
University of Nebraska College of
Architecture
And through contributions from Healthy Families Play Outside
partners:
Lincoln Children's Zoo & Nebraska Environmental
Trust
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
Lower Platte South Natural Resource
District
Nebraska Game & Parks
Lincoln Pioneer Park Nature
Center
UNL Extension
Dimensions Foundation
The Groundwater Foundation
Biography of Richard Louv
Richard Louv is a
futurist and journalist focused on family, nature and community. He is chairman
of the Children & Nature Network and the author of seven books. His most
recent, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit
Disorder" (Algonquin), has stimulated a national conversation about the future
relationship between children and nature. Louv is the chairman of the Children
& Nature Network ( http://www.cnaturenet/.org), an organization
helping build the movement to connect children with nature. He is also honorary
co-chair of The National Forum on Children and Nature, co-chaired by four state
governors; the Forum, sponsored by the Conservation Fund, will distribute $20
million to programs around the country designed to get kids outside.
In January, the National Audubon Society will present Richard Louv the Audubon Medal. Past recipients have been Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson, Robert Redford, Jimmy Carter, and the Rockefeller Family. The medal will be awarded for Louv's “exceptional contributions promoting the importance of connecting people to nature, especially children.” He is the 2008 recipient of the Cox Award, Clemson University's highest honor, awarding “sustained achievement in public service.” The National School Board Journal chose “Last Child in the Woods” as a notable book in education for 2006. In 2005, Discover Magazine named “Last Child in the Woods” one of the top science books of the year. And Spirituality & Health magazine named it one of 50 Best Spiritual Books of 2005. The book has spawned a national movement that is now moving into the international sphere. “Last Child in the Woods” has been translated into six languages.
He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor and other newspapers and magazines. Richard has appeared on the CBS Morning Show, Good Morning America, the Today Show, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, NPR's Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation, and many other programs. Between 1984 and 2007, he was a columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune; he was also a columnist and member of the editorial advisory board for Parents magazine, and served as an adviser to the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World award program and the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. He is on the board of directors of ecoAmerica and a member of the Citistates Group.
He speaks frequently nationally and internationally, having appeared before the Domestic Policy Council in the White House and at major governmental and professional conferences internationally. Richard Louv is married to Kathy Frederick Louv and the father of two young men, Jason, 25 and Matthew, 19. He is working on his eighth book. He would rather fish than write.
For more information about the Louv event or Healthy Families Play Outside, call 402/472-1478 or email Brooke Levey.