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Louv argues that kids are so plugged into television and video games that they have lost their connection to the natural world. Louv is the recipient of this year's Audubon Medal. He has been a columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune and has written for publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor. The author of seven books about family, nature, and community, Louv is the chairman of the Children and Nature Network.