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Unstructured nature play is not just key to raising children who will care about nature—it’s also essential to their personal health. The World Health Organization calls childhood obesity “one of the most serious public health challenges of the twenty-first century,” as it is believed to be a risk factor for diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure later in life. It takes only a quick peek into the average American elementary school classroom to understand the proportions of this epidemic.

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Linda McGurk

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There’s No Such Thing As Bad Weather

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