How can we incorporate more nature into our lives?

How can we incorporate more nature into our lives? And what's at stake if we don't? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle. Louv, who coined the term, "nature-deficit disorder," says, "The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need." Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. So how can we integrate what Louv calls "vitamin N" into our lives? It's Your Call with Shirin Sadeghi, and you.

Guest:

Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle

Dr. Stephen Kellert, professor emeritus of social ecology and senior research scholar at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; author of Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection.

Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, a community that reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through outdoor recreational activities

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Can Mother Earth hold the same rights as people?

Is it possible to grant Mother Earth the same rights as people? And what does that mean? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation on a new law in Bolivia, which redefines natural resources as blessings and gives nature the same rights as human beings. How does it translate into policy? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is it possible to curtail climate change and environmental destruction by giving Mother Earth the same rights as humans? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Wilma Subra, founder and president of the Subra Company of New Iberia and an accomplished environmental scientist who has been on the frontlines fighting for the rights of local communities in Louisiana following the Gulf Spill.

Pablo Solon, Bolivia's Ambassador to the United Nations.

Martin Wagner, the managing attorney at Earth Justice, an organization that works through the courts on behalf of citizen groups, scientists, and other parties to ensure government agencies and private interests follow the law.

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