Come to the Juniper Hill School barn, 180 Golden Ridge Road Alna, on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. for “Why 21st Century Children Need Nature,” a free community talk with David Sobel, author of eight books and more than 70 articles on children and nature, and Professor Emeritus at Antioch University. David Sobel raised his children in the heart of nature and lectures widely to show “other parents how they can counter today’s pervasive ‘nature deficit.’”