“Emmy Award-winning television personality Phil Donahue was not encouraged by teachers to wonder about nature as a boy.
“He discovered natural wonders himself on walks through the woods, bathed in dappled sunlight. ‘I recall looking at a brook and just being fascinated by the way the water ran down over those little stones and the flickering of the sunlight on that surface,’ Donahue said Thursday as he addressed about 75 people during the 15th annual meeting of the Friends of Sherwood Island State Park at the park’s Nature Center.”
In this presentation at Sherwood Island State Park (Connecticut’s first state park) in Westport, CT, Mr. Donohue spoke about the importance helping children develop an appreciation of nature.
To access a Westport News report on this presentation (as well as other comments from the Friends’ annual meeting), please visit:
Westport News: Donahue hails 'wonderful, wonderful' Westport perch for birding (7 JUN 13)
To access Mr. Donahue’s Gazebo Phil website, please visit:
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