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Connecting with Nature and Learning
Outdoors
“If children grow up not knowing
about nature and appreciating it,
they will not understand it, and if
they don’t understand it, they won’t
protect it, and if they don’t protect it,
who will?”
- Sir David Attenborough
Studies from around the world show that spending time in
nature can boost people’s health and happiness.
Young people benefit It can even benefit
through lower risks of children’s eyesight by
obesity, improved balance
reducing the chances of
and coordination and
becoming short-sighted!
developing healthier,
stronger bodies.
Adults who make sure
they get outdoors
Mental wellbeing is largely
regularly have a lower
improved by spending time
probability of developing
outdoors and connecting with
nature. cardiovascular disease,
obesity and diabetes.
