RANGER DAVE HIKES FOR NATURE EDUCATION: Summer 2014, 80 more miles! : SUMMER 2014 ENTRIES START HERE

Monday, June 9, 2014

SUMMER 2014 ENTRIES START HERE

It has been awhile since I wrote anything for this blog. Well, that is about to change. I will soon be getting out along a newly added part of the Colorado Trail. So, all entries from this date forward will focus on my Summer 2014 adventure. All entries prior to this entry will remain as a historical account for anyone that is interested in my Colorado Trail hiking in 2010 and 2011. Thanks, and happy trails!

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Why I am walking the Colorado Trail for Nature Education…

I have always been interested in education …as a music teacher, as an alternative education activist, as a parent, and now as a grandparent. And I’ve always been into Nature, as a naturalist, as a hiker, as a backpacker. So putting these two passions together has been a very natural process for me. As I became aware of the growing disconnect between young people and the natural world, so well named by Richard Louv in the phrase “Nature-deficit disorder,” I realized that children need first-hand experiences in Nature if they are to grow up to be tomorrow’s Nature advocates. And Nature so needs advocates. Children also need connection and interaction with the natural world for their own healthy development as people. This all ultimately led me to create the Mountain Park Environmental Center, our many programs, and, now, this fund-raising hike.

Monday, June 9, 2014

SUMMER 2014 ENTRIES START HERE

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