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 weaving:

When Mary Roscoe, coordinator of the Bay Area Children in Nature Collaborative (CINC), hit the send button to forward the article Leadership & Networks: New Ways of Developing Leadership in a Highly Connected World, little did she know what she was setting in motion. This article describes beautifully the work many of us are doing in our own communities to connect children and nature. It highlights examples of how network strategies are increasing the impact of social change work and provides a rich resource of language that can help us as we reach out to new partners and funders. See more