A Cure for Nature Deficit Disorder-Technology? (or the bicycle?)
Riding my bicycle down the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail, I passed a small family group. Mom was on her cell and Dad engrossed with his blackberry. Just another example of societies disconnectedness to the natural world, I thought. Reading Louv’s Last Child in the Woods (<a href="http://richardlouv.com/">http://richardlouv.com/</a>) has had a deep impact on me and I can not resolve this. What was once taken for granted, days of childhood play and exploration over local hill and dale, has been replaced by endless hours in front of a screen.
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