Richard Louv is a journalist and author of ten books, including Our Wild Calling: How Connecting With Animals Can Transform Our Lives - And Save Theirs, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder; The Nature Principle; and Vitamin N.
Translated into 21 languages, Louv says his books have helped launch an international movement to connect children, their families and communities to nature - according to Louv's biography.
In 2008, he was awarded the Audubon Medal, presented by the National Audubon Society - according to his biography.
Among other awards, Louv is also the recipient of the Cox Award for 2007, Clemson University’s highest honor, for “sustained achievement in public service.”
He is co-founder and chair emeritus of the nonprofit Children & Nature Network, which supports a new nature movement.
Louv says he speaks frequently around the world, including keynote addresses presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference, the first White House Summit on Environmental Education, the Congress of the New Urbanism, the International Healthy Parks Conference in Melbourne, Australia, and the national Friends of Nature Conference in Beijing, China.
Louv has written for the New York Times, the Times of London, Parents Magazine and many other publications. and has appeared on CBS This Morning, NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, NPR's Talk of the Nation, and other programs.
Married to Kathy Frederick Louv, he is the father of two young men, Jason and Matthew. He would rather hike than write.
Richard is the co-founder of Children and Nature Network. You can find them online.
*Biographical information provided by Richard Louv.
