Who is the man behind the term nature-deficit disorder? Read more about Richard Louv in the slideshow below.
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Photo taken from Richard Louv.
About Richard Louv
Richard Louv and an American journalist and an author whose works mainly focused on the relationships between children’s development and the natural world. His books has had an influential success in pushing forward an international movement to connect children, families, and communities back into nature.
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Image taken from Amazon.His works
In his most notable work, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder published in 2005, Louv created the term “nature-deficit disorder” which brought to attention the fundamental and societal causes of children’s alienation from the natural world and the negative consequences it has on their physical and mental health. The arguments that Louv forms are based on an aggregation of studies from practitioners in many disciplines. Although not causal, the arguments he makes do present reasonable associations between a child’s development and their diminishing experiences with nature that warrants a call for concern.
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Photo taken from New Paltz.Appearances
As a journalist, Louv works have appeared on The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Times of London, Orion, Outside. He appears frequently on national radio and television programs, some of which include the Today Show and CBS Evening News, to speak on nature-deficit disorder. He has also presented keynote addresses and speaks internationally at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference, the first White House Summit on Environmental Education, the International Healthy Parks Conference in Melbourne, Australia, and the national Friends of Nature Conference in Beijing, China.
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Photo taken from Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.Awards
Louv’s efforts have awarded him the Audubon Medal, the San Diego Zoological Society Conservation Medal, the George B. Rabb Conservation Medal, the International Making Cities Livable Jane Jacobs Award, and the Cox Award.
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Photo taken from Children & Nature Network.Fun fact
In his free time, Louv would much prefer to hike than to write.
