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Leading a Movement to Connect all Children, their Families

and Communities to Nature

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This is not just a call to action, it is a call for fun! Thinkof it as a party invitation, and the party location is allthe green and living space around us.

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Let·s G.O. (Get Outside!) 2012

brings together individuals, families,businesses, schools, agencies and

organizations who participate in outdoor

service projects.

The goal is to create a community of shared

commitment to service and to inspire,

cultivate and nourish a lifelong commitment

to naturebased play and recreation while

taking action to benefit the environment³

from neighborhoods to community parks to

national parks and other public lands.

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The more hightech our world becomes, themore we need nature in our lives. Young, old, or

in between, we can reap extraordinary benefitsby connecting ² or reconnecting ² to nature.

´Let·s G.O.! QUOTE« ́ ² Richard Louv, Founding Chairman, Children & Nature Network and

author, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-DeficitDisorder" and "The Nature Principle"

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OaklandChildren in Nature

Collaborative

Family Play Day on April 2, 2011

Significant outreach took place, youth

were trained as play rangers, and

natural materials were foraged inpreparation for the event. At the Play

Day, families built structures with

giant palms, little ones played in the

mud, and older kids spoke and

moved with excitement.

Photo credit: Roy Gordon

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REAL School Gardens

REAL School Gardens partners with

high-poverty elementary schools to

design and install school gardens,

train teachers to use them to improvechildren¶s learning, and build

community around them to nurture

support for urban schools. We

currently support learning gardens at

81 elementary schools across North

Texas, providing more than 45,000

children and 2,700 teachers with

daily access to impactful, hands-onlearning in the outdoors.

Photo © Scott Feille

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Summer Outdoor Literacy Day CampLogan, UT

Submitted by Krista Bustamante, Youth Discovery Inc

Sponsored by YDI, Stokes Nature Center & AmericanWest Heritage Center these camps providedunderserved students the opportunity to gain literacy

skills and self-confidence while enjoying the outdoors.

Photo © Madeline Hart

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Playborhood www.playborhood.com

Description

Photo © Mike Lanza

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Canyon Kids Community Service Internship

Florida Canyon Balboa Park, San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego Canyonlands, Local Point of View Tours, City of San Diego

Students from King Chavez High School are transforming an ice plant

covered area into a native habitat for local wildlife and creating an

accessible trail for park visitors.

© Local Point of View Tours

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Rocky Mountain Youth Corps:Work, Play, Serve

Taos, New MexicoRocky Mountain Youth Corps inspires young

adults to make a difference in themselves and

their communities.

Parachute© Elliot Dorris

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Martin Luther King Day of ServiceRancho SoñadoInside the Outdoors Foundation

MLK Day is a time when families and friends can

come together and serve in nature together!

Projects include habitat restoration, native plant

propagation, and building student teaching areas.

Photo © Inside the Outdoors

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classroomsSan Diego Children and

Nature Collaborative

The Nearby Nature School Field

Trip Guidebook is designed to

help educators and naturalists

use local natural areas (³nearbynature´) to meet curricular goals.

Included are field trip

procedures, orientation, and

sample lessons.

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Let¶s G.O! Clean UpMen of Model and

BOLT Team

Albany, New York

Submitted byNatural Leader,

Tyrell Hughes

Soon to be home of a community

raised bed garden with help

from our friends at The North

Face and Outdoor Nation. Truly

healing day... I am thankful that

we here in Albany were able to

to participate in our national

initiative... TRUL Y THANKFUL

«Tyrell Hughes

Photo © Bro Yusuf BOLT Team andMODEL

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Aldama Elementary

School BeautificationLos Angeles, CA

Submitted by Natural Leaders,Lizbeth Williams and Andrew

Anderson

Natural Leaders partnered with

Playworks and Americrops in a

collaborative effort of painting,

planting and a good time

outdoors. Children played,

smiled and participated in

giving their campus a much

needed fresh look.

Photo © Amir Nia

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+ Let's G.O.! S pring Family Coast Walk Nature Rocks Homer , South Central Alaska

Submitted by Carmen Field

Our youngest Coast Walker was a 3-year-old who found all sorts of tinypieces of styrofoam and plastic that adult eyes would've missed. Wedocumented every piece of trash found and removed over 110 pounds of marine debris.

Photo © Carmen Field

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