Children, Hope, and Nature

Greenspace is excited to announce the speakers joining us as part of an upcoming installment of our speaker series. Catherine Ryan Hyde is an Amazon number one selling author of over 35 released and forthcoming novels including Pay It Forward, which was adapted into a major motion picture. She will be joined by Sue Davis, who has 45 years of experience as an Early Childhood Educator and as an advocate for the Outdoor Classroom Project. Sue will focus her talk on the emotional and physical benefits to child development and the well being of our society that come from spending time in nature, including an exploration of research and practices from other countries and ways we can all strengthen our deeper nature connections. Catherine will be sharing how children changed her ideas of human nature and how, in many cases, the natural world has served both as a muse and as an important character in her novels, shaping characters’ development and personal journeys. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.