nature-deficit disorder
noun/ˈneɪtʃə ˈdɛfɪsɪt dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/UK/ˈneɪtʃɚ ˈdɛfəsɪt dɪsˈɔːɹdɚ/US
Etymology
Coined by American author and journalist Richard Louv (born 1949) in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods, modelled on attention deficit disorder.
Definitions
A disputed class of behavioural problems in modern children, ascribed to the fact that…
A disputed class of behavioural problems in modern children, ascribed to the fact that they spend little time outdoors.
- Nature-deficit disorder severely hampers, if not fully blocks, development of environmental literacy. Environmental communicators, educators and interpreters talk about their work as an 'antidote' or 'cure' for nature-deficit disorder.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nature-deficit disorder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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