Children and Nature: ACA Resources

• An Interview with Richard Louv: Using the Nature Principle and Camps to Reduce Nature-Deficit Disorder — for Children and Adults (Camping Magazine, Jan/Feb 2012)
• Creating Community through Nature: An Interview with Joseph Cornell (Camping Magazine, Sept/Oct 2011)
• Campers' Affinity for Nature in Environmental Education Programs, Justin Schmillen, MS, and Jeff Jacobs, PhD (Camping Magazine, July/Aug 2011)
• A Field Guide to Preserving Childhood, Peg L. Smith, CEO, American Camp Association (CAMP e-News, March 2009)
• Nature Is Where We Find It!, Posie Taylor (CAMP e-News, May 2008)
• It's Not That Easy, Being Green . . ., Rick Stryker, P.E. (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
• A Convenient Truth: How Our Past Can Save the Future, Zayanne Thompson (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
• Planting the Seeds to Grow an Environmental Stewardship Plan, Zayanne Thompson (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
• How to Maximize Your Environmental Education Program at Camp, Ray Bivens (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
• Teaching GPS Technology in Nature Education Programs, Virginia Bourdeau (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
• Change Yourself; Change Their World: How to Play With Campers With Disabilities, Faith Evans, M.Ed., and Jane Pemberton (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
• Down on the Farm (CAMP: A Resource for Families 2005)
• It's Not Easy Being Green (CAMP: A Resource for Families 2006)
• Find A Camp With a Nature/Environmental Focus
• Camp Revival, Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods

Books

• Cabins, Canoes, and Campfires, Jill Hudson
• Creek Stompin' and Getting' Into Nature: Environmental Activities that Foster Youth Development, Mary Low & Connie Coutellier
• Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv
• The Nature Specialist: A Complete Guide to Programs and Activities, Lenore Hendler Miller
• Outdoor Parents Outdoor Kids, Eugene Buchanan
• Return to the Land: 121 Animal/Nature Stories & Activities, Tom Carr