First and foremost are the sites that inspired me to start this blog. When I read Richard Louv's book, Last Child in the Woods, for a college course - it really got me thinking and wondering what I could do. In his book, he coins the phrase "Nature Deficit Disorder" as a lack of connection to the natural world. An epidemic really, that is affecting our children, families, communities and enviornment. The following site has a mountainload of information to gain knowledge and insight concerning "Nature Deficit Disorder".
Then when I came accross the Children and Nature website, it showed me how I could help others become involved in nature. This site helped me to learn about what I could do to start a grassroots movement in my own community.
National
This is the National Park Trust website which helps your family to learn more about our national parks. They have a program called, "Youth to Parks", which helps children to become involved. You can also learn about Buddy Bison and see where he has been.
The National Wildlife Federation is also another great site that helps you know what you and your family can do to help our enviornment. They have a great section for Kids which helps to get them involved in nature. They have activities online and resources for you to facilitate your family's education in nature.
The Arbor Day Foundation also has a great site. Their Nature Explore section has great resources for educators and teachers to facilitate learning about nature.
Another site to look at is the great outdoor recreation pages (GORP). This site is actually a worldwide source for parks and recreational information and planning. It is "your complete online resource to the outside world".
Another site to look at is the great outdoor recreation pages (GORP). This site is actually a worldwide source for parks and recreational information and planning. It is "your complete online resource to the outside world".
Utah State
This is the Utah State Parks website for bringing families closer to nature. They have activities planned throughout the year at certain parks in Utah that you can attend with your family for a small fee.
This is another great site that provides the information on activities found in the Southwest states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and of course, Utah. They have a great resource of information on state and national parks, fun things to do with the family and even shopping/restaurants.
This is the Utah State website for outdoor fun and entertainment. Another great site for utah fun which allows you to plan out your vacation, find lodging, resaurants, events, check weather stats and more!
I also ran a search for my city's website as well as those in the Utah County area and found that most of them have links or pages of things you can do in the area. Try it for your own city/state, I found out that all of them are similar excepting their name. Example http://www.provo.org/ is one site I looked at, another was http://www.spanishfork.org/.
