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(Wilson), 67

Haring, Lauren, 51–52

Hariri, Gisue and Mojgan, 60

Hartig, Terry A., 104–105

health and contact with nature, 2, 3, 35, 43, 44–49, 120, 156, 159, 166, 247, 265, 276, 286, 309, 311, 312

mental, see mental health

heart disease, pets and, 45

Helsinki, Finland, green space in, 252–253

Henderson, Lynn, 129

Hepworth, Barbara, 87

Hermann, Richard, 52–53

Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 291–292

Het Groene Dak (The Green Roof), 252

Hirshberg, Jerry, 97

Hocker, Ann Pearse, 228–229

Hofferth, Sandra, 34

Hoffman, Edward, 292–294, 305

Homestead Act, 282

Honachefsky, William B., 264

horticulture therapy movement, 45

Houck, Mike, 256

Howard, Ebenezer, 283–284

Howard, Philip K., 241

Hubbell, James, 232–233, 308–309

Hudson River Foundation, 214

Human Relationship with Nature, The (Kahn), 50

hunter-gatherers, 43, 196

hunting, 24, 191, 194, 195

Huntington Beach Adventure Playground, 263

Huxley, Thomas, 133

hyperactivity, see Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder (ADHD)

imagination, 166, 225

play in natural settings and, 48, 87, 88, 94–95, 97

Institute for Child and Adolescent Development, 53

insurance, liability, 241

intelligences, multiple, 72, 203

naturalist intelligence (“nature smart”), 71–85, 203

International Association for the Child’s Right to Play, 116, 261

International Center for Technology Assessment, 21

Internet, 60, 66, 97, 119, 137

Internet Addiction (IA), 66

Iowa, 275

Ireland, 35

Irvine Adventure Playground, 263–264

Israel, 33

Jackson, Wes, 277–280

Jacksonville, Florida, 265–266

James, William, 103, 293

Japan, 33, 120

Jefferson, Thomas, 275

Jensen, Jens, 260

Joan of Arc, 90

John Paul II, Pope, 300

Johns, John, 182

Johnson, Andrea, 56

Johnson, Dirk, 274

Jolly, Linda, 221

journaling, nature, 198

Journal of the American Medical Association, 47

Jung, Carl, 293

Kafka, Tina, 122, 168, 170, 215–216, 217

Kahn, Peter, 50

Kaiser Family Foundation, 119

Kansas City, Missouri, 262

Kansas State University, 45

Kaplan, Rachel and Stephen, 103–104, 218

Karsten, Lia, 123

Katcher, Dr. Aaron, 45–46

Kellert, Stephen, 124, 230

Kennedy, John F., Jr., 199–200

Klaas, Marc, 183–185

Kolodski, Joe, 130, 131

Konars, Teri, 175–176

Kramer, Kathryn, 167

Krutch, Joseph Wood, 235

Kuo, Frances, 88–89, 105–106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 179, 229, 312

Lancet, 35

Land Institute, 277–279

Lane, Margaret, 92

Lao-Tzu, 37

Lash, Joseph P., 91

Lau, Alberto, 81–82

Lau, Erin, 84

Lawrence, D. H., 58–59

Learning Grounds, 218

Learning through Landscapes, 218

“Leave No Child Inside Legal Defense Fund,” 243

leisure time, 119–122

leisure time, reduction in, 31

Lekies, Kristi, 150

Leopold, Aldo, 136, 198

Levin, Rabbi Martin, 291–292

liability concerns, see litigation, fear of liability insurance coverage, 241

Lieberman, Gerald, 206, 223

litigation, fear of, 30–31, 99, 154, 239, 247

park design and, 117

recreational use statutes, 237–238

remedies for outdoor play, 237–244

tort reform, 239, 242, 244, 311

loneliness, 66, 298

“loose-parts” theory, 87, 96, 97

Lorenz, Edward, 211

Los Angeles, California, 25, 128

Los Angeles Times, 149, 248

Lust, John, 196

Luther Standing Bear, 123

Maclean, Norman, 191

Mall of America, 61

malls, 61, 62, 268, 277, 283

simulated nature in, 62

Malraux, André, 166

Manhattanville College, 34

Marx, Hugh, 191–192

Maslow, Abraham, 293

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 21, 60

Massachusetts Psychologist, 53

Massey, David, 220

Matthiessen, Peter, 286

McAleer, Neil, 89–90

McDonough, William, 251

McGovern, George, 241

McKibben, Bill, 4, 68, 301

Medco Health Solutions, 50

media

fear of nature and, 130–131

portrayal of nature, 171

stranger danger and, 126–128

Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Jung), 293

Menninger, Carl, 45

mental health, 35, 312

contact with nature and, 3, 35, 44–52, 49, 100, 229–230, 311

sedentary lifestyle and, 31

Merrill Lynch and Company, 138

Merriman, Todd, 59

Michigan State University, 45

microbiology, 3, 41

Mike Two Horses, 24

Milstein, Michael, 148, 149

Milton, John, 8

Minieri, Joan, 294–295

missing children, 127–128

Mitchell, John G., 281

Mitchell, Joni, 270

MIT Press, 303–304

molecular biology, 143, 144

Monitor on Psychology, 104–105

Montessori movement, 73, 209, 262

Montgomery, M. R., 15

Moore, Robin, 33, 66, 86–87, 92, 116, 117, 124, 261

morality and ethics, nature as teacher of, 189–200, 295–296

Morra Park, Drachten, Netherlands, 251–252

Morris, Edmund, 152

Morrow, Lance, 194

Mothering, 197–198

motor skills, 49

Muir, John, 72, 90, 133, 136, 161, 198

Mulligan, Hugh A., 64

multitasking, 119

Nabhan, Gary Paul, 210, 303

names of flora and fauna, knowing the, 41, 141, 143

nanotechnology, 22–23

Narayan, Madhu, 153–156

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein, 303

National Council of Churches, 300, 302

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, 207

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 214

National Geographic, 281

National Incidents Study of Missing Children, 127

National Institutes of Mental Health, 108

National Outdoor Leadership School, 230

national parks, 130

National Religious Partnership for the Environment, 300, 303

National Scouting Museum, 155

National Teachers Association, 212

National Wildlife Federation, 209, 218

natural history, study of, 3, 41, 135, 139–144, 224–226

Naturalist (Wilson), 151

Natural Remedy Bible, The (Lust), 196

Natural Resources Defense Council, 258

nature, defining, 8–9, 309

Nature Company, 60–61

Nature Conservancy, 301

Nature Conservancy, 300

nature-deficit disorder, 10, 36, 100, 159

“nature smart” (naturalist intelligence), 203

indicators of, 73–74

Necessity of Experience, The (Reed), 65

Netherlands children’s contact with and knowledge of nature in, 33–34

green design in, 251–252, 253–254

outdoor play in, 123

New England, farming in, 281

Newsweek, 169

New Urbanism, 284, 311

New York State

Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), 214–215

Division of Criminal Justice Services, 127

New York State trout-in-the classroom program, 214–215

New York Times, 204, 249, 260

Nicholson, Simon, 87

Nixon, Will, 210

Nolen, John, 266–267

Norman, Seth, 296

North American Association for Environmental Education, 219

Northern Arizona University, 148

Northwestern University, 22–23

Norway, 48, 221

Oberlin College, Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, 257–258

obesity, 31–32, 47–48, 100, 117, 128, 265

O’Brien, Karyl T., 153–156

Observer, The, 25

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC), 312–313

oil, dependence on Middle East, 311

Olympic National Forest, 131

Oregon trail system (the Loop), 257

Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, 204

organ transplants, 22

Orians, Gordon, 46–47

Orion Society, 210, 211

Orlando Sentinel Tribune, 265

Orr, David, 223–224, 277

outdoor play, 33–35, 47–49, 179–180

creativity fostered by, 7, 55, 86–98

criminalization of unstructured natural play, 27–32, 237

cultural influences on, 117–118

“environmental sacrifice zones,” 240

experiential, environment-based education, 138, 139–145, 203–234

facing fears of, 178–188

friendships and, 51, 78–79

future environmentalists and unstructured, 150–156

green urban design, 261–267

in green vs. built spaces, 87–88

liability concerns, see litigation, fear of organized sports, see sports, organized in previous generations, 11, 12

research on de-naturing of childhood, 31–35

in rural areas, 34–35

safety concerns of parents, see parents, safety concerns of sensory awareness and, 66

therapeutic value of, 53

Outward Bound USA, 230

Page, Margot, 191

Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, 62

parents

backyard nature, introducing, 170–175

dealing with fears, 178–188

enthusiasm of, 163–166

fear of nature, 123, 130–132

fear of strangers, 123, 124–129, 171, 183–186

parent-child attachment, 157–158

safety concerns of, 13, 116, 123–132

time use, modeling of, 118

work demands on, 119–120

parks, 120, 277

company advertising logos on, 62

design, 54, 179, 240

environmental rules restricting outdoor play in, 239–240

national, 130, 131, 147–150

public health and, 109

urban, 18, 116, 247–248, 256, 260, 261–262, 269–270, 274

see also green design of urban areas

Pediatric Nursing, 132

Pediatrics, 120

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), 155, 195

Pergams, Oliver, 148

Pertschuk, Michael, 310

pets, 45, 297

physical education, 99–100

physical fitness, 11

Pipher, Mary, 228

Planning, 258

play, 163

children’s descriptions of, 118

at fast-food restaurants, 132

indoor for-profit play centers, 116

outdoor, see outdoor play

Polikov, Scott, 262

Portland, Oregon, 256–257

Portland State University, 257

Potter, Beatrix, 92

President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, 132

Price, Jennifer, 248

primary experience, 65, 66, 67

Project Learning Tree, 218

Project WILD, 218

Prozac, 50

Psychiatric Services, 49

public schools, 2

curricula of, 136–137, 216–218

ecoschools,