“The children in nature movement is fueled by this fundamental idea: the child in nature is in endangered species, and the health of children and the health of the Earth are inseparable”

“[The] national movement to ‘leave no child inside’...has been the focus of Capitol Hill hearings, state legislative action, grass-roots projects, a U.S Forest Service initiative to get more children into the woods and a national effort to promote a ‘green hour’ in each day”

“The true purpose of a large public park is to provide for the dwellers in cities convenient opportunity to enjoy beautiful natural scenery and to obtain occasional relief from the nervous strain due to the artificiality of city life. By large park is not meant one covering more than a certain number of acres, but one large enough to contain a complete natural landscape, where the boundaries will not be obtrusive; where city conditions will not be unduly apparent; where one may stroll over hill and dale, across meadows and through woods, always amid natural surroundings, for hours without twice following the same routes; where one may come again and again without becoming familiar with all its interesting localities and natural features; where many thousands of visitors may be enjoying scenery at the same time without crowding each other; where those who especially seek seclusion may find parts remote from the boundaries that even if city houses are not completely hidden they become reduced in distant perspective to inconspicuous portions as compared to the foliage of trees and other natural objects in the foreground; so remote that the roar of street traffic is less notable than the rustle of foliage stirred by the breeze or than the songs of birds or sounds of insects. ”