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From the isn't-that-obvious? department comes this tidbit: Kids who play in the woods are more likely to be eco-conscious in adulthood. From Boingboing.net's commentary:

A new study suggests that adults who actively care about the environment were likely to have played a lot in the "wild." Cornell University environmental psychologists looked at data from more than 2,000 adults to analyze whether childhood nature experiences correlated with attitudes about the environment later in life. Interestingly, guided nature experiences like scouts and environmental education classes doesn't affect people in the same way as "free play in nature."

The full article can be found here (appropriately at "eurekalert.org").