Category Archives: thoughts

Monday thought of the week: to instill these values

Posted on November 14, 2016 by darwinsbulldog

A thought: My kids go outside daily because they want to go outside daily. In fact, they love being outside. It is easily their happy place. So how did I get so lucky? Is it genetic? The fact is, I have … Continue reading →

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Monday thought of the week: no different

Posted on November 7, 2016 by darwinsbulldog

A thought: In the twentieth century, we underwent a fundamental change in our relationship with the planet. When I was a boy growing up in London, Ontario, my parents, my three sisters, and I lived in a house with about … Continue reading →

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Monday thought of the week: borrow

Posted on October 30, 2016 by darwinsbulldog

A thought: We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. – source unknown, but often credited as a Native American proverb

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Monday thought of the week: the nature of our own selves

Posted on October 10, 2016 by darwinsbulldog

A thought: As we get closer to nature, we find that the subject of our study is not actually nature at all, but life, and the nature of our own selves. – Joseph Cornell, in Sharing Nature with Children (Nevada City: … Continue reading →

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Monday thought of the week: brooks not books

Posted on September 26, 2016 by darwinsbulldog

A thought: Teach your children to bring them in for themselves. Take your text from the brooks, not from the booksellers. – naturalist Louis Agassiz on how children should collect natural history specimens, quoted in David Starr Jordan‘s Science Sketches (Chicago: … Continue reading →

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Monday thought of the week: all meant to be naturalists

Posted on September 19, 2016 by darwinsbulldog

A thought: We were all meant to be naturalists, each in his degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things. … Continue reading →

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Monday thought of the week: not just a thrill

Posted on September 5, 2016 by darwinsbulldog

A thought: Their need to be outside is not just a thrill, it’s a physical and emotional need. We’ve just forgotten it. – Linda Buzzell, ecotherapist, quoted in “A Daily Dose of Ecotherapy Eases Stress in Kids,” Outside Magazine online (November … Continue reading →

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Monday thought of the week: when culture wants to tell them otherwise

Posted on August 29, 2016 by darwinsbulldog

A thought: Wildness runs through our veins, and we need to remember to feel it. I think children know that when they come into the world, but it’s up to us as caregivers to not let them forget when culture … Continue reading →

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Monday thought of the week: watch her go!

Posted on August 22, 2016 by darwinsbulldog

A thought: Give a child a pair of binoculars or a camera, and he will be occupied for a moment or two, before setting it aside. But give her a net, and watch her go! – Robert Michael Pyle, “The … Continue reading →