ParticipACTION
- Author(s): ParticipACTION
- Organization: ParticipACTION http://www.participaction.com/
- Date Published: January 2, 2014
This site offers lots of easy ideas on how to become more physically active. The suggestions are categorized by activity type and population.
http://www.participaction.com/get-moving/easy-ways-to-start/
Prescribing Parks for Better Health SUCCESS STORIES
- Organization: NRPA (http://www.nrpa.org/)
- Date Published: June 7, 2013
This document shares success stories from communities that have implemented ‘Park Prescription’ programs. In 2013, with support from the National Recreation Foundation, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) provided grants to five communities across the U.S. to enhance existing ‘park prescription’ programs designed to strengthen linkages between the public park and healthcare sectors. ‘Park Prescriptions’ is a concept that connects the healthcare community and public lands to create healthier people.
Project Wild Thing
- Author(s): Wild Thing Founders (http://www.projectwildthing.com/)
- Organization: Wild Thing Founders (http://www.projectwildthing.com/)
- Date Published: January 1, 2012
The Project Wild Thing website links organisations and other campaigns in Britain that help get kids, and families, out into the wild. The website will become a central hub for families to find out how to leave the indoors behind, providing information, suggestions and opportunities for getting in touch with nature. Over 800 people have signed the Project Wild Thing pledge in the first few days of the site going live.
Resources for Active Living
- Organization: Active Living Research (http://www.activelivingresearch.org/)
- Date Published: January 1, 2012
Active Living Research provides credible and action-oriented research results that address the root causes of childhood obesity and physical inactivity. With a focus on communities, active transportation, schools and parks and recreation, the program informs the work of advocates, practitioners and policy-makers. Our resources support strategies that can make the biggest impact on reversing the childhood obesity epidemic and promoting active living.
Take a hike and call me in the morning.
- Author(s): Daphne Miller http://www.drdaphne.com/
- Organization: The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/
- Date Published: November 17, 2009
This article highlights doctors around the country who are medicating their patients with nature in order to prevent (or treat) health problems ranging from heart disease to attention deficit disorder.
Taking it Outside: Helping You Connect to Nature-Online Webinar
- Author(s): Canadian Parks and Recreation Association in parntership Presented in partnership with BC Recreation and Parks Association, Child and Nature Alliance of Canada, Educating Children Outside, and University of Victoria
- Organization: Canadian Parks and Recreation Association
This webinar looks at benefits, and various aspects and ways of connecting children with nature, such as through advocacy, education, built environment, technology, and more. It also reviews two best practices case studies
Ten Outdoor Education Activities for Teenagers
- Organization: Indaba Network http://indaba-network.net/
- Date Published: January 3, 2011
This document includes outdoor education activities for teens which include objectives, description and evaluation.
http://indabanetwork.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/tenoutdooreducationactivities.pdf
The Park Prescription.
- Author(s): D. Fleischer
- Organization: Green Impact http://www.green-impact.org.uk/
- Date Published: May 23, 2010
This article is a summary of Dr. Daphne Miller’s speach at the Bay Area Open Space Council Conference: Take Five (Minutes) and Call Me In the Morning; prescribing patients to spend more time outsides to improve their health.
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