Children who play outside more likely to protect nature as adults

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/uobc-cwp031617.php

Public Release: 17-Mar-2017
Children who play outside more likely to protect nature as adults
University of British Columbia Okanagan campus

Protecting the environment can be as easy as telling your kids to go outdoors and play, according to a new UBC study. Research by Catherine Broom, assist. prof. in the Faculty of Education at UBC Okanagan, shows that 87 per cent of study respondents who played outside as children expressed a continued love of nature as young adults. Of that group, 84 per cent said taking care of the environment was a priority.

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