Archive for December, 2007
Friday, December 14th, 2007
We'd love to hear from more of you.
Have you received a grant to help more children be touched by nature?
Have you found out about a new resource?
Have you discovered a new park, organization or group?
Have you been working on your own, encouraging parents, teachers or doctors to get more children ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
We have a new organization joining the Leave No Child INSIDE Central Ohio Collaborative!
Alice Hohl made contact with Four Seasons City Farm, an organization that takes vacant urban lots and turns them into gardens that benefit the local neighborhood. A woman who works with the gardens, located on Columbus' East ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
Columbus near bottom of walkability survey
Business First of Columbus
Columbus residents looking to catch some air might want to get behind the wheel instead, a new survey indicates.
A new field survey from the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution placed Columbus 19th out of the nation's 30 largest metropolitan ...
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
The original committee that was responsible for convening the September Summit has been continuing to meet regularly.
We have been discussing several issues including:
1) The introduction of the nature activities and parks map/calendar on our Web site. (We are still ironing out some design issues to make it as user-friendly as ...
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
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Thanks to Betsy Loeb for using her column space in Columbus Parent to advocate for the Leave No Child Inside movement!
Here's the text of the article:
Connecting children and nature
Betsy Loeb
Our children are growing up in an indoor culture. They are connected to a variety of high-tech devices, some schools ...
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