Children, and human beings in general, are profoundly alienated from the natural world: from the animals, plants, trees, mushrooms, water, soil, air, fire and natural rhythms and processes of this good earth. But this does not have to be the case, nor is it fundamentally, or irrevocably so. In this section I will give a quick synopsis of some of the things that are going on in the natural world in New England, and other parts of the Earth, explore fundamental dimensions of our relationship with the earth, and share some of the many things we can do with children outside. In this way we can reconnect with the wellsprings of this fundamentally generous, beautiful and good earth.
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