Get hooked on nature: Ben Klasky at TEDxRainier
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In
this Ted Talk, Ben Klasky talks about how children are barely outside
and spend too much time playing video games. He describes that the
outdoors has many health benefits such as absorbing vitamin D and
physical and mental health. As less kids are outside, more kids are
obese and on Ritalin. He says that when kids are outside they
experience things and feel things that they haven't felt before and
learn a lot about themselves. Ben Klasky proposes a new application
to attract kids outdoors by using technology. The app encourages
kids to find items outdoors and then rewards them for achievements.
I
agree that people need to be outdoors more often but I believe that
he exaggerates the powers of the outdoors. He says that being
outdoors can solve mental issues. He believes that ADHD is
associated with spending too much time indoors. He also agrees that
you have a lower chance of getting a variety of diseases. I'm not
sure that it will improve kids health too much to have them running
around outdoors while staring at a technology device, as he
recommends. I'll bet Ben Klasky's app would increase the occurrence
of sprained ankles in kids.
Klasky,
Ben. "Get hooked on nature: Ben Klasky at TEDxRainier." YouTube.
YouTube, 13 Jan. 2014. Web. 30 May 2014.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArhjLa4xbNk>.
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