Highlights from the 2019 National Recreation and Park Association Annual Conference
How air quality impacts community health, and how we can improve it
A personal reflection on the relationship between education and place.
It’s hard to write about the health benefits of parks with any sincerity while processing two more mass shootings, and the fact that one of them was motivated by white nationalism. Right now, there are a lot of people carrying trauma that no park can heal. That being said, it is still important to address inequitable park access, because it is yet another symptom of our country’s bigger problem: racism.
A conversation with Rachel Banner, Director of Park Access at the National Recreation and Park Association
There is clear evidence that living near parks and natural places improves health—depending on the park.