Kate Invites Parents, Carers to Get Kids Back to Nature

A new campaign kicked off by the Duchess of Cambridge aims to get children to connect with nature and become conservation activists.

Kate explained how nature can play a pivotal role in helping children grow up to become happy, healthy adults, calling upon parents to help them access outdoor space to improve their development.

According to British ‘Mirror’, the campaign ‘Backyard Nature’ - fronted by group of children from Anfield, Liverpool - will encourage and support children to spend a million hours outdoors to learn about their environment and take action to safeguard the planet.

Young people, and their parents or carers, can sign-up online to become “Backyard Nature guardians” for their area through the website backyardnature.org

Once joined, users can find their local patch using a map highlighting green spaces, download DIY guides and also find conservation events happening nearby.The Duchess said: “The great outdoors provides an open playground for children to have fun and learn life-long skills – from balance and coordination to empathy and creativity – with their friends, their parents, their carers, or their family members.”

“I hope the Backyard Nature campaign inspires children, families and communities to get outside and engage with nature, wherever they live,” she added.

Mum-of-three Kate, 37, attended on Wednesday a charity polo match for her husband William against his brother Harry’s team, with William’s team winning.

The royal couple’s children, Prince George, 5, Princess Charlotte, 4, and Prince Louis, 1, all played together in the adjoining fields, even playing with their new cousin Archie, Harry and Meghan’s newborn son.

‘Backyard Nature’ is funded by the Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation, was inspired by the Eco Emeralds, a group of young environmentalists from All Saints Catholic Primary School in Anfield, Liverpool.

In the details, the youngsters aged seven to 11 contacted Iceland’s managing director Richard Walker via Twitter and were invited to the supermarket firm’s head office to present their ideas, leading to the development of the campaign.