Phillip Hoose was pleased to be invited to write an essay for The Nature Conservancy’s new youth programs.  Phil is a conservation planner for The Nature Conservancy where he has been a staff member since 1977.

“…the youthful experience of nature itself may be headed for extinction. Children living even in remote villages experience life through headphones, plugged into gadgets whose reach knows no end. Without help, our descendants may not even notice nature, let alone continue our conservation work…”

Read the full essay. “Forever Young” at Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog for the Nature Conservancy.