Author and environmental advocate, Richard Louv, to give a major presentation on “The Nature Principle and The New Nature Movement" on Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m., at the Tifereth Israel Temple, 145 Brownell Avenue in New Bedford.

The presentation is sponsored by the Southcoast Outdoor Network, a regional coalition of organizations connecting individuals, families and communities with the natural world on the South Coast.

Louv's lecture will focus on the diminishing human connection with nature and how communities and individuals can work together to change that. The program is free and open to the public.  Copies of Louv’s latest book, “The Nature Principle” will be available for purchase, courtesy of Baker Books, and Louv will on hand to sign them following his presentation.

“The Nature Principle”, according to Louv,  is “about the power of living in nature—not with it, but in it. We are entering the most creative period in history. The twenty-first century will be the century of human restoration in the natural world.”

Sponsors of the program, and founding members of the Southcoast Outdoor Network include: Bristol Community College, The Institute for Sustainability and Post-Carbon Education, Buzzards Bay Coalition, City of New Bedford Department of Parks and Recreation, Greater Fall River Partners for a Healthier Community, Greater New Bedford Allies for Health and Wellness, Greater New Bedford Community Rowing, Lloyd Center for the Environment, Mass in Motion, Fall River and New Bedford MASS Audubon, Mattapoisett Free Public Library, Mattapoisett Land Trust, New Bedford Whaling Historical National Park, Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District, Southcoast Hospitals Group, Temple Tifereth Israel, New Bedford, The Stifler Family Foundation, Trustees of Reservations, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Sustainability Initiative, Voices for a Healthy Southcoast, Wareham Land Trust, YMCA Southcoast.