kids and nature

Finding Time For A Green Hour, Part 2

From Georgia to West Philadelphia, the best memories are made outdoors Read more

Don’t Mess with Wildlife!

NWF partners with the movie Furry Vengeance, a comedy about woodland critters that seek revenge against a real estate developer Read more

Let’s Go to the Mall! NWF Gets Outside For National Parks Week

In honor of Earth Day’s 40th anniversary and National Parks Week, Department of the Interior employees took their kids to the mall.
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The Joy of Camping – Right in Your Backyard

Tips for enjoying a night out under the stars with your family Read more

28,000 Green Hours … and Counting!

A new book inspires kids and parents to get outside Read more

How to Celebrate the 40th Earth Day, Family-Style

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, family-style.
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Be Out There for National Environmental Education Week!

It’s National Environmental Education Week, providing a great reason to ensure the kids in your life are engaging with nature and conservation! National Wildlife Federation supporters got ahead of the … Read more

National Summit – Getting Kids Outdoors

By Larry Schweiger I was in Houston yesterday at National Wildlife Federation’s summit on getting kids outdoors.  We had over 1,000 attendees from 101 locations in more than 25 states … Read more

National Summit: Connecting Children and the Outdoors

Did you know that the average American child spends 53 hours per week staring at some kind of electronic screen? Today, National Wildlife Federation hosted a national summit on children and the outdoors to explore the indoor childhood problem and what we can all do at the local, state and federal level to halt this dangerous trend. Read more

Urban gardeners

How to Experience Nature in the City in Seven Days

Nature in the city? Nothing, nada, zip. Or at least that’s the popular myth. The reality is abundant, quirky, intriguing, green (and pink, brown, gray, black, sleek, furred and feathered). The … Read more