Richard Louv Quotes & Sayings

“We tend to block off many of our senses when we're staring at a screen. Nature time can literally bring us to our senses.”

“By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility.”

“Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take your child fishing. Take your child on hikes.”

“I do not trust technology. I mean, I don't think we're in any danger of kids, you know, doing without video games in the future, but I am saying that their lives are largely out of balance.”

“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.”

“Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact.”

“It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban planners, schools, libraries and other community agents to find nature that's accessible.”

“Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.”

“These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find.”

“If war occurs, that positive adult contact in every shape is needed more than ever. It will be a matter of emotional life and death. There's not a handy one-minute way of talking to your kid about war.”