Get Outside!: How Humans Connect with Nature

by Leah Payne

We know spending time in nature is good for us, but why? And how did people become so disconnected from the natural world, anyway?
Get Outside! How Humans Connect with Nature explores the important relationship between people and nature. It asks big questions, like Are humans part of nature or separate from it? and Do all people have equal access to nature? By discussing global issues such as the climate crisis and environmental racism, the book shows us that, by strengthening our relationship with the natural world, we can learn how to take care of the environment and to let the environment take care of us too.

106 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 16, 2024

Reviews

[Martha Meyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Orca Footprints series (this is #30) gives kids a great introduction to eco-science and kids' activism. Leah Payne (who wrote last year's terrific Less is More: Join the Low Waste Movement) has collected a lot of great scientific information and indigenous and cultural knowledge about how we are not separate from nature, how it supports us, and then urges kids to learn how to be intersectional enviromentalists. She covers learning from the Snuneymuxw First Nation's concept of every living thing being worthy of respect, from the Sweden's concept of Friluftsliv or Open Air Living and from Japan's research on Forest Bathing. She interviews a lot of kids in Canada who are actively involved in nature from birders to Butterflyway Project members who create butterfly habitat. A terrific introduction for older kids -- and also great for parents because there are loads of suggestions for what to do with kids to get them more involved in the natural world!