Essay by Rob Pudim
Outdoors – December 2008 – Colorado Central Magazine
“I thought we’d go for a hike,” I told the boy I’m mentoring. “You know, look at stuff.”
“How about we go to a movie?” he parried. “Or we could play electronic poker.”
He’s not an unusual kid. There has been a major swing in his generation away from all things outdoors. The National Academy of Sciences said, “All major lines of evidence point to an ongoing and fundamental shift away from nature-based activity.”