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Unhealthy Environments
November 27, 2012
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
-Henry David Thoreau
-Henry David Thoreau
"Inadequate physical environments are responsible for a very large number of deaths among children under the age of five. Pneumonia causes 19% of under-5 mortality and is largely associated with indoor air quality. The second largest cause of death, diarrheal diseases, is associated with unclean water and sanitation. To these we can add malaria and injuries, both of which are environmentally triggered....
"Based on these estimates, it is very clear how huge positive health effects can be achieved by improving the physical environments that children grow up in. Yet politicians, the general public, foundations, and even most academics fail to realise the strong link between the physical conditions that children grow up in and their health and development."
Exchange Resources on Nature
Exchange has a wide variety of resources on nature. Here are some examples...
- Environments - A Beginnings Workshop Book
- Growing With Nature - Supporting Whole-Child Learning in Outdoor Classrooms
- Heart-Centered Teaching Inspired by Nature
- Learning With Nature Idea Book
- Modelando
- Natural Playscapes
- Learning Moments CD - Outdoor Play
- OOB: Designing and Creating Natural Play Environments
- OOB: Play and the Outdoors: What's New Under the Sun?
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