There are many opportunities for youth to reconnect with nature. This movement has grown in leaps and bounds! Here are some that I have found in my city, with short description taken from their "about" pages:
Forest School (Ottawa): Forest Schools provide nature-based education where children have the opportunities to build an on-going relationship with the land by learning outdoors in a natural environment for at least a half of their day
SEED Educators: (See Environmental Education Differently) helping teachers incorporate environmental education into their classrooms
Ottawa Nature Collaborative: Facebook group organized by the Early Childhood Professional Learning Community to showcase how to integrate nature into learning based on the Take Me Outside principles
EcoLeadership Program: a Catalyst Mind initiative that helps young people connect with the outdoors for learning, restoration and wellbeing. They design and lead programs for schools and youth groups.
Nature Canada's Nature Hood events: which are organized to help connect people of all ages to nature right where they live — which, in Canada, increasingly means urban centres.
Photos from: Catalyst Mind, ECPLC and Nature Canada
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