Making Playgrounds Real

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,...
The Outdoor Recreation Economy 2019

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...
Lilac

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...
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Adventure Dreams – Around-n-Over

Adventure Dreams – Around-n-Over
Erden Eruç had the notion to circumnavigate the world.  To support that dream and insure a solid educational component, he developed and incorporated Around-n-Over.  Around-n-Over is a Seattle,...

All-in-One Sleep System

All-in-One Sleep System
Award Winning Design . . . Polarmond of  St Gallen, Switzerland, was recently announced as a  Gold Winner at the Outdoor 2015 European trade show.  The jury said: “The All-in-One Sleeping...

1200 Miles – Pacific Northwest Trail

1200 Miles – Pacific Northwest Trail
A Brief History. . . In 1970,  just after Congress designated the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail as National Scenic Trails,  Ron Strickland had an idea: a wilderness trail across the...

Discovering Waterfalls

Discovering Waterfalls
Waterfalls make a great object for outdoor exploration.  If there are hills or mountains and rivers,  there are probably waterfalls.  I written about several in the eMagazine including: Sun Creek...

Australia’s Approach to Nature Play

Australia’s Approach to Nature Play
Nature Play QLD of Queensland, Australia, has a vision of  unstructured outdoor play becoming a normal part of every child’s life, so that they can develop into resilient, healthy and creative...

National Ski Patrol

National Ski Patrol
Many of us need an excuse to get outdoors and be active and many times that excuse needs to be altruistic.  Sometimes the altruistic motive is all it takes.  Perhaps the opportunity to volunteer to...

Fossil Hunting

Fossil Hunting
When I was a kid I loved to find unusual things wherever I explored.  I think I found my first fossil near Wyalusing State Park  at the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers in the...

Recreational Foraging

Recreational Foraging
By “recreational foraging” I don’t mean looking around for recreational activities, but rather foraging for food on public lands as a recreational pursuit.  A lot of people wonder...

Healthy Parks Healthy People

Healthy Parks Healthy People
Mardie Townsend, Claire Henderson-Wilson, Elyse Warner and Lauren Weiss, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, recently prepared Healthy Parks Healthy People: the State of the...

The Nature Prescription

The Nature Prescription
We’ve mentioned several research efforts that have shown the benefits of being outdoors in nature and we’ve even noted that if nature was a drug, your doctor would prescribe it to you....

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