Leave No Trace in the Outdoors

Leave No Trace in the Outdoors

Author: Jeffrey Marion

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0811760510

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The essential guide for enjoying the outdoors without harming the environment.


Outdoors with God

Outdoors with God

Author: Lance Moore

Publisher: Barbour Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781586609191

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Quiet-time inspiration finds truth in God's Word-and nature.


A Spiritual Field Guide

A Spiritual Field Guide

Author: Bernard Vincent Brady

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781587431180

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The authors have created an inspiring and entirely fresh devotional reader designed expressly for nature lovers.


Last Child in the Woods

Last Child in the Woods

Author: Richard Louv

Publisher: Algonquin Books

Published: 2008-04-22

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 156512586X

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The Book That Launched an International Movement Fans of The Anxious Generation will adore Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller. “An absolute must-read for parents.” —The Boston Globe “It rivals Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.” —The Cincinnati Enquirer “I like to play indoors better ’cause that’s where all the electrical outlets are,” reports a fourth grader. But it’s not only computers, television, and video games that are keeping kids inside. It’s also their parents’ fears of traffic, strangers, Lyme disease, and West Nile virus; their schools’ emphasis on more and more homework; their structured schedules; and their lack of access to natural areas. Local governments, neighborhood associations, and even organizations devoted to the outdoors are placing legal and regulatory constraints on many wild spaces, sometimes making natural play a crime. As children’s connections to nature diminish and the social, psychological, and spiritual implications become apparent, new research shows that nature can offer powerful therapy for such maladies as depression, obesity, and attention deficit disorder. Environment-based education dramatically improves standardized test scores and grade-point averages and develops skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. Anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that childhood experiences in nature stimulate creativity. In Last Child in the Woods, Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists who recognize the threat and offer solutions. Louv shows us an alternative future, one in which parents help their kids experience the natural world more deeply—and find the joy of family connectedness in the process. Included in this edition: A Field Guide with 100 Practical Actions We Can Take Discussion Points for Book Groups, Classrooms, and Communities Additional Notes by the Author New and Updated Research from the U.S. and Abroad


Black Faces, White Spaces

Black Faces, White Spaces

Author: Carolyn Finney

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1469614480

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Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors


Out of Left Field

Out of Left Field

Author: Ellen Klages

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2019-02-12

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0425288609

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A story about the fight for equal rights in America's favorite arena: the baseball field! Every boy in the neighborhood knows Katy Gordon is their best pitcher, even though she's a girl. But when she tries out for Little League, it's a whole different story. Girls are not eligible, period. It is a boy's game and always has been. It's not fair, and Katy's going to fight back. Inspired by what she's learning about civil rights in school, she sets out to prove that she's not the only girl who plays baseball. With the help of friendly librarians and some tenacious research skills, Katy discovers the forgotten history of female ball players. Why does no one know about them? Where are they now? And how can one ten-year-old change people’s minds about what girls can do? Set in 1957—the world of Sputnik and Leave It to Beaver, saddle shoes and "Heartbreak Hotel"—Out of Left Field is both a detailed picture of a fascinating historic period and a timelessly inspiring story about standing up for equality at any age.