When we got to East Bay Regional Park District’s Crab Cove, it was hot, and we were late. My own children sat down and announced they were not participating.
Here at the Institute, we’ve been reading Carolyn Finney’s new book Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors.
The Institute has been analyzing fabulous, unexpected outreach strategies at work in national parks near big cities. We’re finding an underlying philosophical approach that is not intuitive: quit focusing on the park.
In 2013, the Institute hosted a multidisciplinary conference that explored cutting edge research and best practice around climate education and communication.
With a world class public health system and an equally impressive park system, it’s fitting that the two would work together to improve the health and well-being of San Francisco residents.
Diversity, what is that? One of the main topics of conversation in the environmental movement is that of diversity. Here in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, we are home to an incredibly diverse population, both culturally and ethnically. Therefore the question remains how parks can actively engage all of these different communities.
