This is the 4th blog in the Face the Future 2017 spring blog series:
Getting Out into the Great Outdoors – Earth Play for Earth Day 2017
“Kids who don’t get outside, who aren’t stimulated by their environment, won’t grow up with any motivation to protect our planet.”
– Earth Day Canada
Earth Day is Saturday April 22nd!
This year marks Canada’s 150th birthday and celebrations across the country are highlighting our great outdoors.
At a time when most children spend less than an hour per day outside, Earth Day Canada is asking everyone to “EarthPLAY for Earth Day 2017” by getting outside to connect to your nature!
Remember how you played as a child?
Did you spend a lot of time outside, building forts, climbing trees, inventing new games and getting your hands dirty, without any grownups interfering?
I sure did!
But according to Earth Day Canada, this type of play is rapidly disappearing from our world.
Why does Earth Day Canada care so much and why should you?
Because kids who don’t get outside, who aren’t stimulated by their environment, won’t grow up with any motivation to protect our planet. And kids who don’t connect to their inner nature through creative play won’t be as resilient as generations before them.
That’s why Earth Day Canada is dedicating this year’s campaign to outdoor play.
So whether you have kids or not, I hope you can get into the great outdoors on Apr 22nd and have some FUN while celebrating the beauty of nature 🙂
About Earth Day Canada
Founded in 1990, Earth Day Canada is a national charity that inspires and supports people across the country to connect with nature and build resilient communities.
For further information, please visit their website.
Face the Future is an on-line environmental awareness campaign that raises awareness about how and why individuals can lessen their environmental footprint one step at a time.
The 2017 blog series runs from Mar 24th to Apr 28th. To receive the weekly blogs via e-mail, here is the link to subscribe . Face the Future is an initiative of Pink Gazelle Productions Inc.