MOEC Book Club - Red Orchard Park

Thursday, February 28 from 6pm until 8pm, the Miller Outdoor Education Center (MOEC) Book Club will meet for those in the community who want to read and discuss books about conservation and environment.  This month's selection is Last Child in the Woods.  In this influential work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation—he calls it nature-deficit—to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as the rises in obesity, attention disorders, and depression.  Last Child in the Woods is the first book to bring together a new and growing body of research indicating that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the physical and emotional health of children and adults.