Nature Deficit Disorder

Nature Deficit disorder - what is it and are we suffering from it? Are our children making enough daisy chains and climbing trees and as adults are we in touch with nature, the environment and our mental wellbeing

Last updated: 30 October 2011

Country Focus - Sunday 30th October at 0700; presented by Rachael Garside and repeated Monday 31st October at 0530

Are you suffering? Nature Deficit Disorder was a term first coined by Richard Louv in his book "Last Child in the wood" (2005). In it he claims that children are spending less and less time outdoors and as a consquence they're at risk of a wide range of behavioural problems. So are you and your kids getting outside enough, do you appreciate nature enough, and what is it doing for your mental health? We speak to Jon Griffith from RSPB Cymru; Rachel Bowen from Mind Cymru and the poet and writer Gwyneth Lewis.


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