UniEcoBudget Working Group

In this unique collaboration, two naturalists ask what may happen now that more children are denied exposure to wildness than at any other time in human history. The authors remember pivotal events in their own childhoods that led each to a lifelong relationship with the land. They tell stories of children learning about wild places and creatures in settings ranging from cities and suburbs to isolated Nevada sheep ranches to Native American communities in the Southwest and Mexico.

Combining their flair for natural history essays with research from fields as diverse as environmental psychology, gender studies, and ethnobotany, Trimble and Nabhan give parents looking for inspiration a guide for their next adventure, whether it's family camping in the wilderness or at the beach, or an hour in their backyard garden.