1. Noticing. Intimate Encounters with the Natural World by Richard Louv
 | Description: The internationally bestselling author of Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv returns with his most personal book yet. Noticing is about discovering who you are by exploring the natural world. Louv shows how, by tapping into the thirty or more human senses we have, readers can develop skills—sensory, scientific, artistic, and spiritual—to see and experience the otherworlds of nature. Through personal essays, rich with descriptions of the California wilderness around his home in the most biodiverse county in the nation, Louv draws on wisdom from influences as far-reaching as neuroscience, nature photography, Indigenous traditions, and mindfulness to foster what he calls “bioenchantment.” He offers a new, deeper understanding of what it means to see a tree, know a fox, and to become fully human. |
2. Vitamin N Challenge
 | Description: School, work and busy schedules can make it hard to find time for nature. The Vitamin N Challenge can help — connecting you to ideas, inspiration and a community of people who are committed to spending quality time outdoors with the kids they care about. Setting and committing to a goal will help you get more Vitamin N (for “Nature”), whether you are working toward a day, a week or months of more time outdoors. The challenge was inspired by Richard Louv’s book, “Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life.” In it, you’ll find 500 fun, practical ideas to help you design a challenge that fits your lifestyle and schedule — or you can share your own ideas to inspire others. |
3. C&NN: Returning to free play through a nature-based approach
 | Description: Kids have always known how to play, and for most of history, they didn’t need playgrounds to do it. Today, we have prescribed them to parks that exclude most of their senses and mostly serve physical gross motor play. This modern approach is a mismatch to the way kids have always connected to nature, found objects, and played across larger areas — and with each other. The goal is to return to free play through a nature-based approach: to un-structure play environments and return to sensory-rich settings without continuing to spend on multi-million dollar structures that do not consider the many other types of play. Authored by Mark Davidson, Shihomi Kuriyagawa, and Emily Urquhart. |
4. NAAEE. Teaching for Tomorrow: How States are Leading the Way on Climate Education
 | Description: How can we best equip the next generation with an understanding of climate science and the motivation and practical skills needed to create healthy, thriving communities? K–12 climate education is essential to providing students with the critical thinking and problem-solving skills they need to address the impacts of climate change, now and in the future. Featuring success stories and lessons learned in state-level climate education policy efforts, this panel highlighted three different approaches to promote climate literacy: weaving climate education curriculum across standards and subject matter, providing professional development in climate education to teachers, and establishing Offices of Climate Education in state agencies and/or hiring dedicated personnel to address implementation. Dr. Roni Jones, Ten Strands Director of Curriculum, is one of the featured panelists. |
5. NAAEE Podcast: Noticing the Natural World | Poetry, Curiosity, and EE
 | Description: Poet and nature writer Aimee Nezhukumatathil joins The World We Want host Gerry Ellis to talk about curiosity, observation, poetry, and the quiet heart of environmental education. This conversation explores how noticing the natural world—naming birds, listening at night, and staying curious—can shape how we learn, teach, and care for the environment. Aimee’s work explores the connections between poetry, science, nature, and memory, and how naming plants, animals, and landscapes helps us build a deeper connection to the places where we live. |
6. Root Hub
  | Description: ROOT Hub works to establish movement infrastructure to accelerate and expand movement-wide federal advocacy to secure the benefits of environmental learning and equitable access to the outdoors as a human right for all young people — especially for youth and children of color. Root Hub strengthens the field through coordinated action and alignment at the national level. By fostering connectivity, coordination, field engagement, and shared advocacy, Root Hub seeks to strengthen infrastructure and build on existing efforts to advance federal-level advocacy and strengthen and grow the movement across the field. Justice Outside was selected as the interim host organization for Root Hub for an 18-month transition period. |