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Big Thinkers: Jon Young on Lessons from Nature

The cofounder of the Wilderness Awareness School, an innovator in combining native mentoring techniques with the tools of modern field ecology, offers some antidotes to nature-deficit disorder. More to this story.

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Release Date: 5/15/2006
Running Time: 6 min.

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bob lake
Posted on 5/25/2007 6:16am

Nature Deficit Disorder

Thank-you Jon Young for being there!
As part of my doctoral research, I reflected on how so much of my social, emotional and intellectual well-being is dependent on being outside every day, and drawing from the energy of nature.
If that is true for teachers, it certainly is for students!

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Antonio
Posted on 5/29/2007 5:59pm

Excellent interview, Jon Young creates a special atmosphere when talking. I live in Chile and we have similar responses from kids when working in nature. Unfortunately few teachers understand the beauty of learning in the outdoors.

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Andrejka
Posted on 5/31/2008 12:28pm

Jon Young's books on tape

Hi,

I am glad to find Jon Young's web site!

I completely recommend listening to Jon Young's books on tape. I found that Jon speaks well, he's informative, the information is so pertinent to life yet rare, it's inspiring and he also has a good sense of humor.

My boyfriend happened to listen to the tapes too and he is also now a loyal fan.

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