Richard Louv, author of 'Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder,' will speak at 11 a.m., Sat., Aug. 23 at the iwireless Center, Moline, as part of the RiverWay 2008 Upper Mississippi River Conference.
Louv has helped spawn the Children & Nature Network (www.cnaturenet.org), an organization helping to build the international movement to connect children with nature.
In 2008, he was awarded the Audubon Medal by the National Audubon Society. Past recipients have included Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson, Robert Redford, and Jimmy Carter. In 2006, the “National School board Journal” chose 'Last Child in the Woods' as a notable book in education, and in 2005, “Discover Magazine” named it one of the top science books of the year.
He is the one of the featured speakers at the RiverWay 2008 conference, and his keynote address is free and open to the public. For more on the conference and the keynote speakers, CLICK HERE.
