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October 1, 2009

Children and nature: Let’s reconnect them

Girl looking at fireweed on the Forces of Northern Range trail in Yellowstone National Park. Photo courtesy Jim Peaco; August 1998

Girl looking at fireweed on the Forces of Northern Range trail in Yellowstone National Park. Photo courtesy Jim Peaco; August 1998

Children and nature should go together. That’s what we work to encourage everyday with our children’s books and movies.

To encourage tweens (ages 8-12) to spend more time in nature, the U.S. Forest Service is joining the Ad Council, launching an interactive photo/art sweepstakes. The photo sweepstakes encourages tweens to head into the forest, explore and find their “other you.” The sweepstakes continue through December 7, 2009.

“This photo sweepstakes is a wonderful way to extend the reach of our campaign with the Forest Service and engage children and their families in developing a love for nature,” said Peggy Conlon, CEO and President of The Ad Council. Learn more

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Posted by Kirt Manecke on Thursday, October 1, 2009, at 1:46 pm. Filed under Environment. Tagged , . Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.