168 Quotes by Richard Louv

The pleasure of being alive is brought into sharper focus when you need to pay attention to staying alive.

One of my students told me that every time she learns the name of a plant, she feels as if she is meeting someone new. Giving a name to something is a way of knowing it.

This seems clear enough: When truly present in nature, we do use all our senses at the same time, which is the optimum state of learning.

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.

The times I spent with my children in nature are among my most meaningful memories-and I hope theirs.

The future will belong to the nature-smart...

What if more and more parents, grandparents and kids around the country band together to create outdoor adventure clubs, family nature networks, family outdoor clubs, or green gyms? What if this approach becomes the norm in every community?

Increasingly the evidence suggests that people benefit so much from contact with nature that land conservation can now be viewed as a public health strategy.

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.