Help children in your community thrive
The evidence is clear: spending time outdoors, in nature, is essential for children’s healthy development. From improving academic and social-emotional learning, to supporting physical and mental health, children thrive when they have frequent access to outdoor spaces, experiences and learning.
The Children & Nature Network, National League of Cities and KABOOM! are partnering to increase equitable access to nature everywhere children live, learn and play in 100 U.S. communities by 2025.
As a Nature Everywhere Community, you’ll have access to tools, resources, and a national peer learning network of leaders, who can share successful strategies for connecting children to the benefits to nature. You can choose one of two pathways:
Join the national network of communities advancing Nature Everywhere
Seed Grants Awarded to Communities, 2024 to present
$855K
U.S. Communities Advancing Nature Everywhere
88
Seed Grant Use, 2024 to present
Through Cities Connecting Children to Nature, municipal leaders have been advancing equitable access to nature since 2014. Nature Everywhere Communities is an expansion of this work, recognizing that we need leaders from city government, education, nonprofits, philanthropy, community organizations and the private sector to drive systems-level change. Check out these community success stories:
SUPPORT NATURE EVERYWHERE
Invest in Nature Everywhere in your community or help fund this effort nationwide.
Contact giving@childrenandnature.org.
Nature Everywhere Communities are made possible with major support from:
