1. Making Playgrounds Real
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,...
2. The Outdoor Recreation Ec...
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released statistics today measuring the outdoor recreation economy for the nation, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia. The new U.S. data show that the outdoor recreation economy...
3. Lilac
May Night The spring is fresh and fearlessAnd every leaf is new,The world is brimmed with moonlight,The lilac brimmed with dew. Here in the moving shadowsI catch my breath and sing —My heart is fresh and fearlessAnd over-brimmed with...
The Irish Green Prescription for Mental Health
Posted by Jerry - Your Pathfinder on Jan 23rd, 2016 in Featured, Helping, Mental Health | 0 comments
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...
Heinz Stücke: The Man on the Bicycle
Those of us that enjoy bicycling typically have a regimen that involves a loop ride outside our door or a mountain adventure for an afternoon or a day. Some of us even get into cross country...
iNaturalist for Citizen Scientists
In the spring of 2014, the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) acquired a crowdsourcing network called iNaturalist. iNaturalist.org is a social network and mobile application for sharing...
Skijoring – Get Your Dog on the Trail
Posted by Jerry - Your Pathfinder on Jan 11th, 2016 in Activities, Featured, Motivation, Video | 0 comments
Skijoring is simply cross country skiing with a motive force to help move you along. The word comes from the Norwegian skikjøring meaning ski driving. You are basically on skis driving along with...
Four Steps to Healthier Running
Posted by Jerry - Your Pathfinder on Jan 9th, 2016 in Education, Featured, Physical Health | 0 comments
Frankly I’d rather hike 5 miles with a 50 pound backpack that jog one mile. It’s not just that I find running rather boring, but it’s also that I easily get hurt. Many of you...
Love Song to the Earth and Louie Schwartzberg
Love Song to the Earth is a song and video that was presented to the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December of 2015. Representatives from 190 countries were there to see the premiere....
Thoughts on Outdoor Recreation
Sometimes quotations from famous people have a great impact upon us. There are a few reasons: the fame or intelligence of the author suggests that their quote is particularly important or credible...
Love Your Park Too
The National Park Service has a program called Find Your Park that encourages people to find and enjoy their National Parks. National Geographic Society thinks people, particularly fourth graders,...
People and Nature in China
We hear and see a lot about the air pollution in Chinese cities, but what we don’t hear about is the rising environmental awareness that such problems inspire or the long range plans that...
Name That Peak!
When you are standing atop a mountain, you probably know the name of the peak you are on, but what about all those other peaks around you? Maps can come in handy here. It’s just a matter of...
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