Durango Nature Studies and For The Birds present the film:
Mother Nature’s Child: Growing Outdoors in the Media Age

Where: Backspace Theatre
When: Saturday, December 17, 1:00
Cost: $7 at the door or $4 if you purchase your tickets in advance at For the Birds All proceeds benefit Durango Nature Studies

This thought provoking and motivational film is an official selection for the 2011 Environmental Film Festival. It is a must see for educators, parents, and anyone who cares about our children’s futures.

Mother Nature’s Child explores nature’s powerful role in children’s health and development through the experience of toddlers, children in middle childhood and adolescents. The film marks a moment in time when a living generation can still recall childhoods of free play outdoors; this will not be true for most children growing up today. The effects of “nature deficit disorder” are now being noted across the country in epidemics of child obesity, attention disorders, and depression.

Mother Nature’s Child asks the questions: Why do children need unstructured time outside? What is the place of risk-taking in healthy child development? How is play a form of learning? Why are teachers resistant to taking students outside? How can city kids connect with nature? What does it mean to educate the ‘whole’ child?

The film is 57 minutes. Learn more at http://www.mothernaturesmovie.com