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- ↑ NWF's "Be Out There" program website
- ↑ Author Richard Louv's website
- ↑ NWF's "Why Be Out There" web page
- ↑ Miami Herald article about Green Hour
- ↑ Washington Post article about Green Hour
- ↑ Kaiser Family Foundation
- ↑ "NWF's Green Hour Blog". Archived from the original on 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ↑ "NWF's Green Hour Community Corner". Archived from the original on 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ↑ NWF's Green Hour NatureFind