{"id":13095,"date":"2021-05-27T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrenandnature.org\/?post_type=inside_out&#038;p=13095"},"modified":"2025-06-24T09:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:08:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"inside_out","link":"https:\/\/www.childrenandnature.org\/conference\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero subpage-hero hero-text      \">\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-9 col-xl-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"text-center\">Nature Everywhere Conference<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-wrapper text-center large-text-size\"><h2><b><i>The world&rsquo;s largest gathering of children and nature leaders<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"content-columns text-center mt-0 mb-0\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row  justify-content-center align-items-top\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc04-796033.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/06272024_Summer_Skyline_052-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"content-columns text-left margin-top-sm margin-bottom-lg\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row  justify-content-center align-items-top\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2026 Nature Everywhere Conference will be held May 12-15 at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This premier professional development event brings together leaders from a broad range of disciplines, all committed to the health and well-being of children and communities. 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