1000 Hours Outside

  • 1000 HOURS OUTSIDE IS THE GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO RECLAIM CHILDHOOD, RECONNECT FAMILIES AND LIVE A FULLER LIFE.

  • THE AVERAGE CHILD SPENDS 4-7 HOURS A DAY ON SCREENS, BUT ONLY GETS 4-7 MINUTES OF UNSTRUCTURED FREE PLAY OUTSIDE EACH DAY.

  • WE ARE CHANGING THAT.

  • SINCE CHILDHOOD IS JUST SHY OF 9.5 MILLION MINUTES, WE MUST DO OUR BEST TO MAKE EVERY MINUTE COUNT. JOIN IN AND CHANGE THE COURSE OF YOUR FAMILY.

  • "IT IS NOT CONCEIVABLE THAT OUR CULTURE WILL FORGET IT NEEDS CHILDREN. BUT IT IS HALFWAY TO FORGETTING THAT CHILDREN NEED CHILDHOOD. THOSE THAT INSIST ON REMEMBERING SHALL PERFORM A NOBLE SERVICE." - NEIL POSTMAN

HOW DO YOU GET INVOLVED? START BELOW.

  • Each year, hundreds of thousands of families across the world commit to trying to spend 1000 hours outside in a 365 day period. We have an app and free trackers to help you reach your goals!

  • We have a top ranked podcast where we bring you the very best guests to enrich your parenting and life overall. Doctors, authors, pediatric occupational therapists, adventurers and more. Make sure to subscribe and follow along!

  • Follow us on Instagram or Facebook, and join our private Facebook group with over 145k very active members and growing.

“The premise is simple, but the impact is profound.”
- Ginny Yurich, Founder

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1000 Hours Outside is a for-profit, social good company and movement. It is a small family business and we primarily rely on sales of our products in our store to keep it going - it’s a lot of work! But we realize some folks may not want or need to purchase anything, but still may want to support our cause. If that’s you, that’s what the above donate button is for!

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Let’s Stop Stealing Time From Children

Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time. -Michael Ende, Momo

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Children Should Be Outside for 4-6 Hours Every Day

If three hours a day is a baseline we risk shortchanging our children if our goal is only three hours a week.  That is why we have a goal, so that we don't miss this key component that all children need. 

 

EVEN IF YOU FAIL, YOU WIN.

-Ginny Yurich