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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuyy1PXB_dA

Share your experiences! Show us WHERE and WHY you are outside, in nature! Upload your own 30 second video here ( @http://coalitionwild.org/no-walls ) and share your photos, stories, and experiences with #NoWallsOutHere.



[|Matthew Leclair]
commented on a video on YouTube. Shared publicly - Sep 30, 2014

 I'm confused, what is No Walls actually doing? Simply sharing photos/videos with an online community is not a panacea for "inspiring a new generation" with nature. No Walls needs to offer an actual service for people to get outside! What tangible activities IN nature are you planning? What incentives/resources are you providing for people to get outside now?

People already know how beautiful nature is, especially our world's protected areas. If I wanted to see 'brilliant videos' of nature, there are already hundreds of places on the internet to go (far better than No Walls). This video isn't making it any more accessible or affordable for people, especially younger generations, to explore nature which is the main barrier to 'connecting' a new generation.

What's worse is that this video probably cost a pretty penny to make (even though most of the shots are rehashed from other videos and obviously using free music). Wow, what a scam!

[|No Walls] Yesterday 12:59 PM  + 1 0 1

Hey Matthew, Thanks for sharing your comments on our video! This is just the beginning for No Walls; the video was released as a first step of a long journey to inspire global connections with nature and to grow a network of young people who are getting outside. The journey will start with a global online dialogue, so thank you for kick-starting the conversation! You can visit our CoalitionWILD website ( @http://coalitionwild.org/no-walls ) to find some examples of youth around the world sharing their experiences and connections with nature through [|#NoWallsOutHere]. We believe that it is these inspiring experiences and deeper connections that will motivate young people to get their peers outdoors and become the nature stewards of tomorrow. I hope that you can join with us and continue to share your ideas. If you are interested in learning more about No Walls, check us out on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/nowallsinfo ). Show less  [|Matthew Leclair] 3:21 PM  + 2 3 2

+ [|No Walls]  Thank you for your comments, but I would disagree. People already share photos of themselves in nature (heard of instagram?) and there is already a global online dialogue about nature well before No Walls ever showed up. For instance, there are many networks already "inspiring global connections" for young people to get outside (e.g. outdoor nation, Conservation Corps, US National Parks Service, and Parks Canada to name a few). These networks are already much more entrenched and effective than No Walls seems to be with only 830 fb and 145 twitter followers.

I even went to your "website" to try and learn more and was confused by your extremely vague and unclear mission statement: "CREATING A FUTURE IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED WITH NATURE IS IN THE HANDS OF TODAY’S YOUTH." What does this even mean? Although grammatically correct, the subordinate adjective clause is too long which creates a huge space between the gerund (creating) and copula verb (is). In essence, it's confusing. This all just seems so amateur, suggesting to me that this global movement is in fact extremely limited in both capability and vision. [|#notlegit]. Also, when searching No Walls on Twitter some pretty graphic images pop up. Seems like 'No Walls' has another entirely different meaning in the urban dictionary. Way to research your global movement beforehand.

I'm all for getting my generation connected with nature, but No Walls (not the pornographic connotation) isn't filling a void for youth engagment. That is, it's not providing anything that does not already exist. People, and especially young people, are connected with nature online and in more ways than No Walls could ever provide. Ultimately, I believe that your No Walls is a waste of resources that could be better spent actually filling a void in protected area conservation and youth engagement. We need to be IN nature, not online to talk about how great nature is, because surely that conversation has passed.