The Campaign seeks to show that life is best approached in a spirit of exploration, adventure and enterprise; to influence and better inform attitudes towards risk; to build wider recognition that chance, unforeseen circumstances and uncertainty are inescapable features of life and that absolute safety is unachievable; and to demonstrate that sensible education and preparation enable an appropriate balance to be achieved between risk & safety and achievement & opportunity.
Outdoors = Better Health
Monday, 06 April 2009
How Can the Natural Environment Affect Mental Health and Wellbeing?
'Cottonwool kids' denied access to countryside, warns Natural England
Wild places are out of bounds to a generation of "cottonwool kids", according to a survey that found the majority of children do not play in the countryside. By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent