the "nature deficit dissorder"
"Recent investigations in Germany and England have revealed rather creative answers ... 53% of Germans think that a small hen lays two, three or six eggs per day; 40% do not really know which side the sun rises. The "kids" are no better English, one in ten think that cows hibernate in winter, one in two, as cod is a river fish. Researchers beginning to study the phenomenon refer to the emergence of a pathology, the "nature deficit dissorder." The next step is written: doctors prescribe stays "Outdoor" for problem children.
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UNICEF recently asked children from 21 major countries if they felt happy. The classification established by the "happiness index felt" the Germans and Americans nearing the end of the table, the British in 13th place (the French fifteenth). The correlation that emerges is disturbing. Children further away from nature are they not "ultimately", children less fortunate? "
E. Meyer, Editorial of the magazine Geo
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