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PLUM LANDING Explore Outdoors
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PLUM LANDING: Free PBS KIDS’ Resources to Support Park Programming

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PLUM LANDING, an innovative PBS KIDS multimedia environmental science project for 6- to 9-year-olds, has created an Explore Outdoors Toolkit with family-focused activities and media intended to get families active and outdoors.

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Institute Design
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Instituting Innovation: Q & A with Diane Mailey

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Director Diane Mailey is leading with an innovative approach that puts the Institute at the Golden Gate on a promising path.

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Resources fanned
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Re-introducing the Institute

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Welcome! Whether you’re familiar with the Institute’s previous work or you’re just discovering us, we want to take this opportunity to reintroduce ourselves and give you a sense of what to expect from us in the future.

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Smart Parks Toolkit
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Innovative Tech for Smarter Parks

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The Institute is examining the role of technology in our parks and public lands as it becomes more embedded in our lives and technology-free spaces become more difficult to find.

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Park Prescriptions Photo
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National Snapshot of the ParkRx Movement

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The Institute is excited to announce that we’re conducting the first nationwide ParkRx census to support the growth of this innovative concept.

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Lessons Learned from ParkRx Programs Nationwide

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The Institute has been working to promote Park Prescription programs since 2010, and we are inspired and proud to be a part of the rapid growth of this concept, nationwide.
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How Parks Help Build Healthy, California Communities

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On January 10, I participated in a panel on maximizing active living through partnerships with parks at the California SNAP-Ed Forum in Sacramento, California.

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Collaboration Handbook
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The Right Outlook for Collaboration

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The Institute released a Collaboration Handbook in support of the NPS Urban Agenda, which features tools for park professionals to jumpstart collaboration within their communities

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Climate Science Workshop
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Communicating Climate Change and Extreme Events

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Our recent workshop taught participants how to communicate the implications of extreme climate and weather events.
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Homelessness and Parks: First Steps towards Collaborative Solutions

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During my fellowship, I had the opportunity to speak with different park professionals and stakeholders, from park police to social service providers, regarding homelessness in the parks. This allowed me to examine the issue from many angles, and one thing I learned is that any approach involves many moving parts.

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Dig Deep into Extreme Events
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BayCLIC's Next Workshop Digs Deep into Extreme Events

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After a successful workshop on ocean acidification, the local science series by BayCLIC is evolving from water to land.
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National Park Service's Urban Agenda Resources

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As the NPS Urban Agenda pilot phase comes to a close, it’s time to share out some of the lessons learned.