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This kind of local action is part of the treatment for Nature Deficit Disorder recommended by Richard Louv. I’ve had the opportunity to meet Richard several times, most recently at the March 2007 Environment Virginia Symposium in Lexington, where he energized the room as a keynote speaker. Afterwards, I talked to him briefly about the Piedmont Environmental Council camps and Lyt Wood’s role in them.
In that conversation, and in a subsequent email exchange, Richard Louv underscored the vital role ^ of Wood and the PEC nature camps. “A national awakening about the importance of nature experience to healthy child development is certainly under way” Richard wrote me. “The nature camp efforts in Rappahannock county are an essential, grassroots expression of that movement.” Hands-on experience
Lyt understands the importance of direct experience to his campers. “The idea is to get them outside to wake up to the really beautiful natural world.” Every morning at the camp starts with checking to see what insects have been attracted to perch on a white sheet hung out overnight with a light in front of it, and what kind of animal may be residing in a live trap - frequently an opossum, but occasionally a raccoon - before they’re released back into their
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