Richard Louv Quotes About Culture
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Every child needs nature. Not just the ones with parents who appreciate nature. Not only those of a certain economic class or culture or set of abilities. Every child.
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The real cultural war is between the culture of narcissism and what might be called the culture of renewal.
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It takes time--loose, unstructured dreamtime-- to experience nature in a meaningful way. Unless parents are vigilant, such time becomes a scarce resource, not because we intend it to shrink, but because time is consumed by multiple, invisible forces; because our culture currently places so little value on natural play.
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We can conserve energy and tread more lightly on the Earth while we expand our culture's capacity for joy.
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