Richard Louv, nationally acclaimed author of eight books including the bestselling book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, will be honored during a public reception Oct. 5 (10 am – noon) at the Dole Institute of Politics. There is no charge for the event, which will be held in the Simons Media Room.
The reception is being hosted by the University of Kansas Journalism School, KU Biodiversity Institute, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, and Outside for a Better Inside. Louv will be available to sign copies of his most recent book, which will be available at the reception for purchase from the KU Bookstore.
Louv will be in Lawrence to headline the 5th annual Built Environment and The Outdoor Summit, scheduled for Oct. 5-6 at the Holiday Inn in Lawrence.
A graduate of the University of Kansas, Louv will give a special presentation Oct. 5 at 7:30 pm in the Lawrence Arts Center. In addition to Summit attendees, his presentation is free and also open to the general public. Louv will also sign copies of his latest book - The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder - which will be available for purchase on site through the Raven Bookstore at the conclusion of the presentation. His presentation is entitled: The Nature Principle: Nature-Deficit Disorder and the New Nature Movement.
In addition to coining the phrase “nature-deficit disorder,” Louv has been credited with stimulating an international conversation to connect today’s children to the natural world for their benefit as well as future generations. He is also the founding chairman of the Children & Nature Network, an organization helping to build the movement to connect today’s children with future generations to the natural world.
In his latest book, Louv turns his attention to adults and offers a new vision of the future, in which he envisions our lives are as immersed in nature as they are in technology.
