The Consortium's LNCI initiative brings to the broad community the awareness of a very important children's health issue, that being time spent outdoors in nature is critical to a child's healthy cognitive, physical, social and emotional development.

We are very fortunate in the greater Barrington, Deer Park and Lake Zurich area to have so many local natural venues and conservation organizations, all of which have some part of their missions to connect children with nature.

Whether its looking, listening, smelling or touching nature through simply play outdoors or learning about nature through child-friendly nature activities, we owe it to our children and the future of our environment to connect them together. Children and nature growing healthier together is what the Consortium is all about.