No Child Left Inside (movement)

The No Child Left Inside movement in the United States seeks to encourage and provide funding for environmental education.

[2] The No Child Left Inside Coalition, sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, counted 2,097 members in 2011, which included a variety of US schools, botanical gardens, arboretums, zoos, museums, and other organizations.

[4] Several states, including Connecticut, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin, endorsed the movement by creating programs in local parks and schools that addressed the concern of children's disconnect with nature during the 2000s.

While mainly addressing environmental literacy, this legislation also seeks to touch on healthy living programs encouraging outdoor recreation and sound nutrition.

[15] It received bipartisan support from US Senators Mark Kirk and Jack Reed and from United States House of Representatives member Mike Fitzpatrick.