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The Nature Seed

How to Raise Adventurous and Nurturing Kids
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The Nature Seed by Kenneth Greenway and Lucy Jones is a thoughtful guide for reconnecting children and adults with the natural world despite modern life's disconnection from nature. It combines practical activities with a philosophical outlook, encouraging readers to discover wonder in everyday outdoor spaces, from urban streets to countryside wilds. This book inspires a fresh kinship with nature through creative, experience-based ideas designed to nurture children’s love for the wild, promoting play, peace, and adventure.
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This book is ideal for parents, caregivers, and adults seeking practical inspiration to encourage children’s engagement with nature. It also appeals to readers interested in nature education, mindful outdoor activities, and fostering environmental curiosity in young people.

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The Nature Seed is a practical and philosophical guide to sharing the wonders of the natural world with your children.

The Nature Seed is a practical and philosophical guide to sharing the wonders of the natural world with your children.

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While children spend less time outdoors than ever, adults also live in a time of chronic disconnection from nature. How, then, do we rewild childhood?

The Nature Seed is a practical and philosophical guide to sharing the wonders of the natural world with children. It's a manual for finding awe in the cracks of the pavement and magic on a walk around the block. It offers a radical vision that calls for a new kinship with nature in both town and countryside with creative ideas and activities to nurture your child’s love for the wild drawn from extensive experience.

For parents and adults with children in their lives, The Nature Seed is an inspiring cry for wild play, peace and adventure for all.

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While direct reviews for The Nature Seed are not available, Lucy Jones’s previous works have been widely praised. Her writing is described as urgent, accessible, and vividly researched, blending scientific insight with personal narrative. Reviews note her ability to reveal the profound wellbeing benefits of nature and her passionate advocacy for a wilder, richer world, which suggests that this book will offer similarly moving and authoritative guidance.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788167970

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 August 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Souvenir Press Ltd

Edition: Main

Illustration: colour photographs both in text – pics supplied by authors

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 580g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Lucy Jones is the author of Losing Eden and Foxes Unearthed. Especially interested in the science of our attachment to nature, she is has spent as much time as possible with her children outside over the past few years.

Kenneth Greenway is the Cemetery Park Manager of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. He has worked full-time in nature conversation since 2000 and has two decades of experience of working with children in natural spaces, including running forest schools.

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