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DESCRIPTION:Last Child in the Woods?: EECOM hosts internationally acclaimed journalist 
 & author Richard Louv\n \nOn May 1st 2008, the Environmental Education 
 Council of Marin (EECOM) (www.eecom.net) is hosting internationally 
 acclaimed author and journalist Richard Louv for a series of events in 
 Marin County.\n\nCatriona MacGregor Glazebrook, EECOM's Executive Director, 
 believes that "Richard Louv, captures the new body of scientific evidence 
 demonstrating how important direct contact with nature is to healthy child 
 development, touching on rising health issues such as ADHD, child obesity, 
 stress, and depression in a way that no one has before. This will be a 
 wonderful opportunity to also purchase the re-release of Richard's 
 important book which contains new information never before 
 published."\n\nWith the release of his book, Last Child in the Woods: 
 Nature Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv has drawn the world's attention to 
 the transformation in the relationship between children and nature, how 
 society is teaching young people to avoid direct experience in nature. To 
 stimulate a "Leave No Child Inside" movement, he offers practical 
 suggestions for action by parents, grandparents, government agencies, 
 conservationists, urban planners, educators and others concerned about the 
 future of childhood and the earth itself.\n\nRichard Louv will be speaking 
 at the Mill Valley Community Center on May 1st between 7:30-9:00 pm. 
 Tickets are $18 per person and are available by sending a check to EECOM at 
 42 Bolinas Ave, Suite G, Fairfax CA 94930 or by purchasing tickets in 
 person at REI in Corte Madera. Note that seating is limited so reserve 
 early.\n\nIn addition a VIP reception will be held for Richard at the Mill 
 Valley Community Center between 6:00-7:15. VIP reception tickets are $65 
 per person. Sponsorships for this wonderful event are still being accepted, 
 and will be applied towards our youth outdoor scholarship and 
 transportation fund. \nTo learn more about the event or to offer 
 sponsorships, or volunteer please contact support@eecom.net.\nEECOM Thanks 
 its major sponsor REI Corte Madera for their support of this 
 event.\n\n________________________________________\nAbout the 
 Author\n\nRichard Louv is the author of seven books about family, nature, 
 and community, including Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from 
 Nature-Deficit Disorder, which has created a national conversation about 
 the disconnection between children and nature and its implications for 
 human health and the future of the environment. A columnist for the San 
 Diego Union-Tribune from 1984 to 2006, he has written for the New York 
 Times and other newspapers and magazines, and has been a columnist and 
 member of the editorial advisory board for Parents magazine. He is the 
 chairman of the Children & Nature Network (www.cnaturenet.org), and a 
 member of the Citistates Group, an organization of urban observers. He has 
 served as an advisor to the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing 
 World award program and the National Scientific Council on the Developing 
 Child; and as a Visiting Scholar at the Heller School for Social Policy and 
 Management at Brandeis University. He has appeared on Good Morning America, 
 the Today Show, NPR's Fresh Air and Talk of the Nation, and most recently, 
 the CBS Evening News and the NBC Nightly News.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/24/18481371.php
SUMMARY:Last Child in the Woods?
LOCATION:Mill Valley Community Center\n180 Camino Alto\nMill Valley, CA 
 94941\nwww.millvalleycenter.org\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/24/18481371.php
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