Nature deficit disorder (NDD)

All of us, especially children, are spending more time indoors, which makes us feel alienated from nature and perhaps more vulnerable to negative moods or reduced attention span.

Richard Louv coined the phrase Nature Deficit Disorder in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods.

1. Psychological stress of environmental decline
2. Lifestyle disease
3. Disharmony of lifestyle as a factor in ill health
4. Alienating environments

1. Species loneliness
2. Sensory anaesthesia

1. Mood disorders
2. Limited individual attention span
3. Fear of nature

1. Limited gardening experience
2. Landscape disfigurement
3. Lack of play time for school children
4. Inadequate facilities for children's play
5. Inaccessibility of urban parks
6. Decline of human relationship to nature
7. Computer obsession
8. Nature knowledge deficit

1. Attitude manipulation of children through play