Every week, we bring you the latest news in placemaking, landscape architecture, the nature-mental health link, and much more.
Infographic: The Role of Parks & Rec in Promoting Physical Activity
“Parks, trails, and recreational facilities provide a wide variety of opportunities for physical activity and can help many Americans lead a more active lifestyle.”
Measuring the Benefits of Urban Forests
“At a Casey Trees‘ conference on urban forestry, David Nowak, Ph.D, research forester at the U.S. Forest service, one of the world’s foremost experts on urban forests, and a member of the team that won the Nobel Prize at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said out of the 20 biggest cities in the U.S., 17 have declining urban forests.”
Protecting the City, Before Next Time
“If, as climate experts say, sea levels in the region have not only gradually increased, but are also likely to get higher as time goes by, then the question is: What is the way forward?”
The Natural Solutions to our Economic Problems
“In the face of economic uncertainty, there is a well-known line that global governments repeat over and over again: the economy comes first. When there’s no money, so they claim, protecting the environment is a luxury we can’t afford. “
