Workshop with Jon Young from 8 Shields February 24-25th, 10 am – 5 pm Hidden Villa 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA Pre-registration required You are invited to two days of community-based learning with Jon Young in the beautiful … Continue reading
Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA May 21-22, 2018 Roll up your sleeves with peers and partners to set action agendas for the future of the children and nature movement. Over two days, teams of changemakers — selected by invitation … Continue reading
Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA May 16-19, 2019 Return to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2019 for the Children & Nature Network International Conference — the largest gathering of children and nature advocates in the world. From inspiring keynotes … Continue reading
Nooshin Razani is a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital & Research Center in Oakland and a Senior Fellow at the Institute at the Golden Gate in San Francisco. She is the mother of three young children, with close extended family relationships. … Continue reading
Avery Cleary, member of the Children in Nature Leadership Group, wrote this guest blog for the Children & Nature Network. We are posting an introduction and link to the original posting as an update on our recent work with network … Continue reading
Public school districts are one of the largest landowners and serve more than 50 million pre-kindergarten to 12th grade students each year In the US. Greening school grounds is clearly a leverage point In connecting children with nature as part … Continue reading
Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, was named a Hero in Backpacker Magazine, honored as part of the Root 100 of the top black achievers and influencers for 2012, and received the Josephine and Frank Duveneck Award for her humanitarian efforts. … Continue reading
The Children in Nature Collaborative helps develop the conditions for innovative work by playing a significant role in developing intentional networks and leadership in the Bay Area and across the greater movement. We work with grassroots leaders to advance the … Continue reading