About this course
This course explores research theory and evidence suggesting the importance of children's contact with natural environments—including designed urban greenspaces, managed sustainable landscapes, and wilderness—for healthy child development, ecological literacy, and pro-environmental behavior as adults. Participants discuss research implications and applications for redesigning our communities' outdoor spaces and reframing societal values, public policies, and education systems to foster children's access to, and bonding with, nature.
2 credit hours