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Students at Brooklyn’s JHS 218 celebrate the opening of their new school playground, cre- ated with help from The Trust for Public Land.
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A BENEFIT TO MEMBERS OF
family the issue +THE PERFECT PARK DAY
+NEWARK RECLAIMS ITS RIVER +WHY KIDS NEED NATURE
Tomorrow’s environmentalists In [the Fall/Winter 2013 feature] “Last Family in the Woods,” author Katherine Ozment writes that “Lou- ise Chawla’s research has shown that people who took action to protect the environment as adults were more likely to have played outside regularly as children.” But the first research to propose this relationship was published by me in 1979 and 1980. Chawla frequently cited this work, as did Richard Louv, whom Ozment references earlier in her article. In fact, in the early 1970s, I published writings hypothesizing the relation-
ship and asked the question: “Where will future environmentalists come from, now that 75 percent of our chil- dren are raised in cities and suburbs?” Thomas Tanner, professor emeritus of environmental studies, Iowa State University, via email
A good question. We think neighbor- hood parks have a big role to play in raising kids who care about the planet. That’s why we’re working to make sure every child has a park, playground, or other natural area within a ten-minute walk from home.
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