Quotes from David Sobel

Wet sneakers and muddy clothes are prerequisites for understanding the water cycle.

Exploration of the natural world begins in early childhood, flourishes in middle childhood, and continues in adolescence as a pleasure and a source of strength for social action.

If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it.

What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.

Give children a chance to love the earth before we ask them to save it.