Swedish tradition of outdoor activities

[SecularMotion]

Children living in the city were able to enjoy nature’s wonders during a Sunday event earlier this month at Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park in the Hiroo district of Tokyo.

The event took place on May 11, as the first of a series of educational programs promoting eco-friendly lifestyles. The program is co-organized by Minato City Eco-Plaza and The Japan Times, in collaboration with embassies in Tokyo. The idea is to learn about environmental efforts and ideas around the world through embassies, which serve as a window into each country.

This time, the event was held in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy and was aimed at providing preschool children with an opportunity to experience a Swedish-style outdoor activity program while exploring nature with all of their senses and learning about all living things. Backed by a long tradition of outdoor activities in the northern European nation, the children’s program was originally developed in the 1950s and has taken root in the society.

Led by Kiyo Shimoju, a Japanese expert on Swedish environmental education, the program attracted 12 children and their parents, including three Swedish fathers.

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[gejohnston]

1. Glad to see they are doing something about

nature deficit disorder

[Eleanors38]

2. Went to a Louv book-signing in Austin. He seemed taken aback

by some which thought Nature Deficit Disorder was a new alphabet diagnosis with a clinical foundation. He argued the phenomenon was a plausible hypothesis.

I am struck by the way advertising views nature experiences as little more than a series of comedic FUs, esp. when juxtaposed with a hand-held device that can take you around the world. Or so the story goes.