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NLI collaborates with the University of Cincinnati on Playscapes landscape architecture professional development program and natural playscape design projects

New Initiative for Greening
Play Environments

The National Forum on Children & Nature endorses NLI Kids in Nature project

Robin Moore Keynote Speaker at the Children in Nature: Healthy Development by Design hosted by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

NLI seeking dedicated PhD Student

Research to Practice: Maximizing Child Outcomes in the Outdoors Symposium for Early HS and HS Programs. Sept. 28-29, 2010, College of Design, NC State University, Raleigh, NC

8th Annual NLI Design Institute
October 15-16, 2010



Creating Environments for Healthy Human Development and a
Healthy Biosphere for Generations to Come.
Past Events

Presentation by Robin Moore and NLI Neighborhood charrette in Charlottesville, VA, April 23-24, 2010

Growing IN Place
March 5th, 2010

7th Annual NLI Design Institute
November 5-7, 2009

North Carolina Outdoor Classroom Symposium, Workshop, and Field Day
October 22-24, 2009

Playwork IN Nature Training 2009

Growing in Place 2009



Behavior Mapping: A Method for Linking Preschool Physical Activity and Outdoor Design

What Makes a Park Inclusive and Universally Designed?

Healthy Planet, Healthy Children: Designing Nature into the Daily Spaces of Childhood




- Charlotte Nature Museum, Charlotte, NC

- Winston Salem Montessori, Winston Salem, NC

- Brody Duke Gardens, Durham, NC



Links

Recommended Readings

Info Facts and Findings

Do It Yourself (DIY)


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Investigating Parks for Active Recreation for Kids:
Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation / Active Living Research (2007-2009)

Measuring Physical Activity Affordances in Preschool Outdoor Environments: Sponsored by NIEHS - Obesity and the Built Environment


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The Natural Learning Initiative is a Research and Design Assistance Program of the
College of Design | North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.