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230   people with disabilities gain enhanced body image Alan Ewert and Leo McAvoy, “The Effects of Wilderness Settings on Organized Groups,” Therapeutic Recreation Journal 22, no. 1 (1987): 53–69.

231   Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center Debera Carlton Harrell, “Away from the Tube and into Nature, Children Find a New World,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 5, 2002.

239   As a powerful deterrent to natural play Philip K. Howard, The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America (New York: Warner Books, 1996).

241   In July 2005, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Chris Kahn, “Is Pursuit of Safety Taking ‘Play’ Out of Playground?” South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), July 18, 2005, 1A.

19. Cities Gone Wild

247   “We need to hold out for healthy ecosystems in the city” John Beardsley, “Kiss Nature Goodbye, Marketing the Great Outdoors,” Harvard Design Magazine, no. 10 (winter/spring 2000).

248   “As recently as 1990, you could . . . barely comprehend that most people spent most of their lives in cities” John Balzar, “True Nature: Author Jennifer Price Hopes City-Dwellers Will Learn to See, to Love and to Nurture What’s Wild and Wonderful in Their Midst, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2003.

249   remnants of virgin forests still stand in the Bronx and Queens Ben Breedlove, online interview, “E Design Online interview,” September 24, 1996, http://www.state.fl.us/fdi/edesign/news/9609/breedluv.htm.

249   “The fast-expanding metropolitan edge brings a wide range of species” Andrea L. Gullo, Unna I. Lassiter, and Jennifer Wolch, “The Cougar’s Tale,” Animal Geographies: Place, Politics, and Identity in the Nature-Culture Borderlands, ed. Jennifer Wolch and Jody Emel (London, New York: Verso Books, 1998).

252   A similar Dutch development called Het Groene Dak Timothy Beatley, Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000), 212.

260   “Flowers calm people down” George F. Will, “The Greening of Chicago,” Newsweek, August 4, 2003, 64.

260   The 1909 Plan of Chicago called for “wild forests” Nancy Seeger, “Greening Chicago,” Planning 68, no. 1 (January 1, 2002): 25.

261   research related to urban design and the environment of childhood Robin C. Moore, “The Need for Nature: A Childhood Right,” Social Justice 24, no. 3 (fall 1997): 203.

264   municipal land-use practices would appear to minimize environmental damage William B. Honachefsky, Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning (Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, 1999).

265   A 2001 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Richard J. Jackson and Chris Kochtitzky, “Creating a Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built Environment on Public Health,” Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse Monograph Series (Washington, DC: Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse, 2001).

265   students are four times more likely to walk Mike Snyder, “Sprawl Damages Our Health, CDC Says,” Houston Chronicle, November 9, 2001, sec. A-45.

20. Where the Wild Things Will Be

274   “something quite extraordinary happened” Dirk Johnson, “The Great Plains: Plains, While Still Bleak, Offer a Chance to the Few,” New York Times, December 12, 1993, sec. 1, p. 1.

277   a paradigm shift in “design intelligence” David Orr, Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect (Washington, DC: Island Press, 1994).

281   the median age of residents is already creeping into the sixties John G. Mitchell, “Change of Heartland,” National Geographic, May 2004.

285   Bayside Village, in Tsawwassen, British Columbia CIVITAS, Vancouver, B.C. http://www.civitasdesign.com/newcomm.html.

21. The Spiritual Necessity of Nature for the Young

293   “Late in Jung’s career” Edward Hoffman, Visions of Innocence: Spiritual and Inspirational Experiences of Childhood (Boston: Shambhala, 1992).

297   a companion different from any offered by human exchange John Berger, About Looking (New York: Pantheon Books, 1980), 20.

303   “Science is the human endeavor in which we are frequently reminded how wrong we can be” Gretel H. Schueller, “Scientists, Religious Groups Come to the Aid of Nature,” Environmental News Network, Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September 3, 2001.

303   how Americans really think about environmental issues Willett Kempton, James S. Boster, and Jennifer A. Hartley, Environmental Values in American Culture (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997).

SUGGESTED READING

A partial listing of an expanding literature

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Beatley, Timothy. Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000.

Berry, Thomas. The Dream of the Earth. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1988.

Bice, Barbara, et. al. Conserving and Enhancing the Natural Environment: A Guide for Planning, Design, Construction, and Maintenance on New and Existing School Sites. Baltimore: Maryland State Dept. of Education, 1999.

Blakey, Nancy. Go Outside: Over 130 Activities for Outdoor Adventures. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press, 2002.

Brett, A., and R. Moore. The Complete Playground Book. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1993.

Buell, Lawrence. The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau, Nature Writing, and the Formation of American Culture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995.

Carson, Rachel. The Sense of Wonder. New York: Harper & Row, 1956.

Chalufour, Ingrid, and Karen Worth. Discovering Nature with Young Children. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press, 2003.

Chard, Philip Sutton. The Healing Earth: Nature’s Medicine for the Troubled Soul. Minocqua, WI: NorthWord, 1994.

Chawla, Louise. In the First Country of Places: Nature, Poetry, and Childhood Memory. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.

______. Growing Up in an Urbanising World. London: UNESCO, 2002.

Cobb, Edith. The Ecology of Imagination in Childhood. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977.

Corbett, Michael, Judy Corbett, and Robert L. Thayer. Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning from Village Homes. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000.

Cornell, Joseph. Sharing Nature with Children. Nevada City, CA: Dawn Publications, 1979.

Dannenmaier, M. A Child’s Garden: Enchanting Outdoor Spaces for Children and Parents. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.

Dewey, John. The Child and the Curriculum. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1902.

Gardner, Howard. Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century. New York: Basic Books, 1999.

Gil, E. The Healing Power of Play. New York: Guilford Press, 1991.

Goldsmity, Edward. The Way: An Ecology World-View. Boston: Shambala, 1993.

Grant, Tim, and Gail Littlejohn, eds. Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning. Gabriola Island, British Columbia: New Society Publishers, 2001.

Guiness, B. Creating a Family Garden: Magical Outdoor Spaces for All Ages. New York: Abbeville Press, 1996.

Harrison, George. Backyard Bird Watching for Kids: How to Attract, Feed, and Provide Homes for Birds. Minocqua, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1997.

Hart, Roger. Children’s Experience of Place. New York: Irvington Publishers, 1979.

______. Children’s Participation: The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care. London: Earthscan, 1997.

Hoffman, Edward. Visions of Innocence: Spiritual and