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Taller Than the Trees

The Promise of Nature Writing for Inspiring Change

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Actually, none of these scenarios are science fiction. In schools across the country young people are indeed “deskercising” each morning (“Daily Deskercise,” 2007). Time for recess and field trips has been dramatically reduced, while non-structured neighborhood play and exploration has been somewhat criminalized and replaced with supervised after-school programs and sports camps (“Mom Arrested”, 2014).

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  1. Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Adelphi University, USA

    Rob Linné

  2. Wimberley High School, Wimberley Independent School District, USA

    Shari Caton

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    Courtney Lee Weida

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Linné, R., Caton, S. (2017). Taller Than the Trees. In: Caracciolo, D., Weida, C.L. (eds) The Swing of the Pendulum. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-224-4_2

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