FORB Priorities
1. Help cure “nature deficit disorder.” Expose children and parents to nature and teach them to enjoy our local environment in a safe manner.
2. Build community awareness and appreciation of what’s left of our valuable natural community. Nurture what has been a garbage dump through loving use and rehabilitation activities.
3. Increase social capital—partner with and be a resource for neighbors, schools, businesses, conservation groups, and other organizations. Make it possible for all of our neighbors, young and old, to enjoy the treasures of this community.
4. Connect with others in the community, including local government and businesses, to come up with a shared vision of how this area can be reclaimed and used for the common good of all the river’s creatures and the human inhabitants.
5. Let the natural world teach and nurture us. Incorporate a sense of wonder through simple rituals and activities. Connect with historical and ancient uses of the river. Be the living example of what we talk.
6. Keep the Last Child in the Woods (book by Richard Louv) concepts at the center of our focus, especially in the long view of building future leaders to be good stewards of the world. All can be Nikoseunans (Maidu word for Friends of the River Banks).
2. Build community awareness and appreciation of what’s left of our valuable natural community. Nurture what has been a garbage dump through loving use and rehabilitation activities.
3. Increase social capital—partner with and be a resource for neighbors, schools, businesses, conservation groups, and other organizations. Make it possible for all of our neighbors, young and old, to enjoy the treasures of this community.
4. Connect with others in the community, including local government and businesses, to come up with a shared vision of how this area can be reclaimed and used for the common good of all the river’s creatures and the human inhabitants.
5. Let the natural world teach and nurture us. Incorporate a sense of wonder through simple rituals and activities. Connect with historical and ancient uses of the river. Be the living example of what we talk.
6. Keep the Last Child in the Woods (book by Richard Louv) concepts at the center of our focus, especially in the long view of building future leaders to be good stewards of the world. All can be Nikoseunans (Maidu word for Friends of the River Banks).
