Richard Louv's first novel "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder" sparked and international movement to reconnect children with nature. In "The Nature Principal" Louv is back with a much needed message for the rest of us, we need the natural world in order to thrive as a species. Louv brings hope to readers as he analyzes how the 21st century will become of the the most creative for humans yet and that we will see the era of restoration for the natural world.