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Access To Nature: A Human Right

By Steve Handwerker or part of the right to health and development, so that without it Dr. Steven E. Handwerker is a Board Certified Licensed
children (especially) will have difficulties to develop properly. Psychologist in four states (NY, FL, SD, VT) still in practice
We live in Florida, where Connecting to nature means that our experience of it must after 40 years counseling individuals, families and groups
nature abounds but how much move from our thoughts about it to our heart and our feeling- worldwide. He is a Supreme Court Family Mediator and is a
do we take that fact for granted connection to it. Closing the gap between human civilization member of the Professional and Scientific Board of the National
and ignore the privilege of and wild nature will require a set of values strong enough not Center for Crisis Management a part of Homeland Security.
being within it? Many health only to protect those areas and the endangered species within He has lectured at the American Psychological Association
care professionals today them but to also conserve resources and energy which will International Conventions for over 20 years sharing his
actually prescribe ‘nature’ or have implications on health care, education, and whole cities to experience to students and colleagues across 150 programs. Dr.
integrate it into their treatment conserve and generate new natural habitats…RE-GREENING Handwerker is committed to the protection of our environment
protocols! Our contact with natural surrounds has a preventive THE EARTH…Let us commit to work together toward fulfilling and the conservation of the precious and limited resources of the
and therapeutic effect particularly on children and adults this majestic goal! ecosystems that comprise our living planet, our home. 
experiencing traumatic stress. One famous study (cited in the
Sierra Club Magazine, May/June 2019) tracked 1.3 million
Canadian adults living in the country’s 30 biggest cities and
considered socioeconomic and education differences as control Community Association Meetings Monthly Schedule
factors. The conclusions reached express that the psychological,
physical and cognitive or mental benefits of connecting to nature
are universal BUT access to natural areas is not. The concept of All meetings take place at the Community Association Office, 6909 S.W. 18th St., Suite 120.
nature as a human right comes from the necessity to consider The following is our regular schedule of monthly meetings, however, sometimes meetings are canceled or schedules
the human need to engage with nature and to experience a life are revised due to holidays, etc.
that is not alienated from natural surroundings. If you would like to attend, please call in advance just to double check that the meeting will take place as regularly
The movement to experience nature as a human right scheduled.
originated with E. Wilson’s biophilia hypothesis, which states that
humans are hard wired to have an affiliation with the rest of nature Access Control & Safety Committee 2nd Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m.
and is anchored in ideals of justice and fairness. The concept of
a human right to nature connection was strongly validated in Architectural Control Site Committee 1st Friday of each month at 9:30 a.m.
2012 when a Dutch human rights lawyer C. Charles made the
case at the World Conservation Congress of the International Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday of each month at 9:30 a.m.
Union for Conservation of Nature. The resolution, “Child’s
Right to Connect with Nature and to a Healthy Environment” Budget & Finance Committee The Friday before the third Tuesday of
begins by recognizing the increasing disconnection from nature. each month at 9:30 a.m.
A connection with nature is an underlying factor determining

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