In our Nature Connection Film Trailer Showcase, we will share some of the many amazing films that tell the story of the children and nature movement from different perspectives.
Love Thy Nature
In the Light Productions, Inc.
Children and Nature
Isabel Barros, Instituto Alana (Brazil)
All The Time In The World
Drift Productions Inc.
The emotional disconnect between people—especially children—and nature is one of the most pressing, overlooked crises of our time. Today the health of humans and the places they live is now under direct threat. Ecological sustainability—humanity living in a mutually enhancing relationship with the rest of nature—may well be impossible unless people care for the places they live. Yet here in the high-tech 21st Century, we’ve become more alienated from nearby nature than ever before. At this perilous moment in history, how can we broker a new human-nature relationship, one that embraces both technology and the natural world?
The answer, says Scott Sampson, is a dramatic scaling of the New Nature Movement. And this scaling, he argues, will occur only through deep, cross-sector collaborations encompassing K-12 schools, higher education, non-profits, government, and business. In particular, the recent trend toward place-based “learning ecosystems” has tremendous potential to redefine education and carry humanity toward a “rewilding” of both places and minds. At the heart of this transformation will be a much-needed mindshift, in which we transition from seeing ourselves as outside, above, and in control of nature to being embedded inside, and collaborating with, the natural world. In this presentation, Sampson outlines the key elements of this revolution, including promising examples and ways that we can all participate.
In our Nature Connection Film Trailer Showcase, we will share some of the many amazing films that tell the story of the children and nature movement from different perspectives.
Estamos Aqui!
Latino Outdoors * Nature Kids Institute
10 Summers
Ellen Moore & Andy Lawless
In our Nature Connection Film Trailer Showcase, we will share some of the many amazing films that tell the story of the children and nature movement from different perspectives.
Nature Matters
Through a Glass Productions
Arts & Science Council
Nature Matters tells the story of ten teenaged digital natives who discover their sense of place in the natural world. In this documentary, Richard Louv (Vitamin N and Last Child in the Woods) and Mark Tercek (The Nature Conservancy) frame the national crisis of children and youth spending less time outside engaged with nature and provide a simple solution in which we can all take part. http://www.naturemattersfilm.com
Playing with Nature in the City
Isabel Barros, Instituto Alana (Brazil)
This 2'30" movie shows how we can find nature play in big cities, just looking at the spaces in a different way. https://vimeo.com/159959623
Earth Seasoned
Wondering Wolverine Productions/ Coyote Trails School of Nature
NaturePlay - Take Childhood Back
Daniel Stilling & Aimie Stilling
This stunning, award-winning documentary takes the viewer on an inspiring education journey to the Nordic North in a cinematic portrait of childhood, education and play. Filmed in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the USA, NaturePlay portrays the Scandinavian method of teaching, living and enjoying nature, juxtaposed with the high stakes testing/high stress edu culture of "rigor.” The film has won seven international awards, including one for cinematography and a Global Humanitarian Award. Including Matt Damon. | www.natureplayfilm.com
