David Sobel Quotes

• If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it.

  David Sobel

  Nature, Children, Earth

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• What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.

  David Sobel

  Children, Opportunity, Important

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• If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Perhaps this is what Thoreau had in mind when he said, “the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think the same is true of human beings.

  David Sobel

  Love, Inspirational, Children

  "Fighting Climate Change Through ‘Nature Connectedness’" by Nancy Shulins, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2014.

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• Exploration of the natural world begins in early childhood, flourishes in middle childhood, and continues in adolescence as a pleasure and a source of strength for social action.

  David Sobel

  Nature, Childhood, World

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• Wet sneakers and muddy clothes are prerequisites for understanding the water cycle.

  David Sobel

  Nature, Sneakers, Clothes

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• You can’t bounce off the walls If there are no walls: outdoor schools make kids happier—and smarter

  David Sobel

  Wall, School, Kids

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• The heart of childhood, from seven to eleven, is the critical period for bonding with the earth.

  David Sobel

  Nature, Heart, Childhood

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• We tiptoed the tops of beaver dams, hopped hummocks, went wading, looked at spring flowers, tried to catcha snake, got lost and found. How fine it was to move at a meandery, child's pace.

  David Sobel

  Nature, Children, Spring

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