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Cheryl Charles | TEDxCrescentSchool

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Cheryl Charles TEDx Crescent School June 20,  2014

Cheryl Charles is an innovator, entrepreneur, educator, author and organizational executive. Cheryl is Co-Founder and Principal of Hawksong Associates, a consulting firm focused on organizational development and diffusion of innovation. She is also Co-Founder, President and CEO Emerita of the Children & Nature Network, a non-profit organization she and Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, founded with others in 2006, dedicated to building a worldwide movement to re-connect children and nature.

Cheryl has worked internationally since the 1970s; beginning with teacher education she later was instrumental in bringing the innovative interdisciplinary environment education curricula, Project WILD, to the nation of India

A frequent keynote speaker, Cheryl speaks about the growing disconnect between children and nature, the indicators of what Richard Louv calls “nature-deficit disorder”. Her talk will focus on connecting and returning children to the simplicity of nature and its importance on cognitive, social and physical development in the age of “screens” and children’s obsession and perceived dependence on technology.

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