By Eric Galatas, Public News Service – CO – Producer March 23, 2021 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Plastic- and rubber-dominated playgrounds in Colorado Springs have added winding pathways with tall grasses, gardens, “mud kitchens” and other ways for kids to explore the outdoors. It’s part of a program to expand health and learning opportunities for children […]
Glacier National Park recently released a reminder to those that have decided its OK to drop trash around our National Parks.
Beyond snorkeling and SCUBA diving, most of us have limited ability to explore underwater. Even given these skills, we are still limited by depth and the amount of time that we can stay under water at one time. A select few have access to submersible vehicles and can extend this a bit more, but serious […]
Games for Change has developed a game for your iPhone or iPad that is designed to get you and your friends to volunteer in national parks. “Save the Park” is available for free via the app store. It was created through a $250,000 grant from American Express. If nothing else, you should download the app and try it out […]
Beyond your own family, your own town or state, there are Nationwide initiatives afoot to help reconnect youth to the outdoors. Efforts that are critical to ensuring healthy, active communities and a future for outdoor conservation. Among these leaders is The Outdoor Foundation®, an organization dedicated to increasing interest and participation in outdoor activities. […]
I’ve talked about the importance of the outdoors and general communing with nature in maintaining health in previous posts. The people in Ireland are taking the notion even further. The Green Prescription A group called Nature, Health, and Wellbeing Ireland is initiating a program called the Green Prescription Initiative.The initiative runs along the lines of Shinrin-Yoku and the Nature prescription […]
Today, I’d like to ask your support for The Children & Nature Network (C&NN). C&NN invests in change makers to build networks that support the health and vitality of cities, provide green job opportunities for young leaders, strengthen family connections in the outdoors, and collect expertise and research to increase awareness and fuel grassroots campaigns worldwide. Many of the stories we have […]
Virtually everyone that enjoys exploring the outdoors as an adult had one or more defining outdoor experience as a kid. Families often provide that experience with camping trips, days at the beach, hikes in the mountains and so on. Various organizations are also instrumental in providing these experiences. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire and others offer […]
I wrote a blog post about the concept of Forest Kindergartens awhile back. Soon Seattle, Washington, will have a similar school for pre-school kids . Tiny Trees plans to open six schools in 2016, with room for 32 kids in each school. Three more will open later. Building a Partnership for Pre-School The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department recently indicated […]
I recently took a hike on the Badger Lake Trail in the Sky Lakes Wilderness of south-central Oregon with a group of friends. Nothing unusual about that and we’ll have a story and video about the trip in the eMagazine before too long. What was unusual is that, as a group of six, we […]