This service is provided by the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA). Go to http://www.arpaonline.ca/ for information on the organization. This is our October update.
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The ARPA annual conference is October 21 to 23 at the Fairmont in Jasper. Click here for a link to program information if you are interested in attending.
From Bob Yates, a planning consultant in B.C., reference to results of a survey published in the Telegraph, UK paper on children becoming alienated towards nature. Click here for a link to this timely article.
From the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) of the US there is an article on a Miami after school activity program aimed at getting kids active. Click here for a link.
Also from the NRPA is a story about urban camping in Brooklyn NY. Certainly some Canadian jurisdictions could copy this initiative. Click here for the link.
From the Alberta Council for Environmental Education (ACEE) we have an invitation to participate in sessions designed to gather input to affect changes in Alberta's school curriculum. ACEE provides many input opportunities at their website. Click here to link.
More from the NRPA. This is a story of a California hiking club that partnered with a youth organization to take kids outdoors. Click here for details.
From Marion Price and SPRYNT Ontario we have news of a Provincial Consortium on Youth in Recreation, November 17 and 18. Click here for a link to the site promoting this seminar.
ARPA provides information on the SOGO Active Challenge in their monthly newsletter. This initiative is targeted at 13 to 18 year olds, challenging them to create an activity to get them and their friends active. Opportunities could include outdoor activity. Register by Oct 29. Details here.
NRPA directs us to a study on the benefits of walking and cycling. John Pucher provides insight into the benefits of this urban planning issue. Click here for a link to the PDF.
For residents of Ontario, the Lifestyle Information Network (LIN) is promoting the SPARK advocacy grants. These grants are to promote activity programs and healthy eating for children. Click here for a link.
A great article by Richard Louv on the Children and Nature website on "Hummingbird Parents; Seven actions parents can take to reduce risk and still get kids outdoors." Click here for the article.
On the same site are excepts of an October 2 presentation by Richard Louv to the American Academy of Pediatrics listing the benefits of getting children outdoors and calling upon the Academy to take action in encouraging this. Click here for that link.
The Alberta Land Trust acquires property for environmental/ecological reasons. They have recently started a newsletter. Information concerning this work is available on a website which you may access by clicking here.
Through the International Federation of Parks and Recreation Administration (IFPRA), we have a link to the Kaboom "Help Save Play" program where this US national non-profit is helping to build 118 playgrounds in 2010. Click here for information and inspiration.
From LIN we have a link to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that considers the factors contributing to obesity throughout the world. Click here for a link to information from the report.
For our final point in this issue, an invitation to a conference, Healthy Children Healthy Spaces, in Ottawa, November 14 to 16, that should prove to be very informative. I deeply regret I will miss this due to an earlier commitment! The Child Nature Alliance has been involved (with others) in organizing this event with international speakers. Click here for a link.
Cliff Lacey
Alberta Recreation and Parks Association
Children in Nature Specialist
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