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Walk to School Week 2012

bynature wrote 2 weeks ago: Walk to School Week 2012 will take place next week between 21-25th May. The event is part of nationa … more →

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youth training for sustainable transport

Arthur Orsini wrote 1 month ago: An Active School Travel Student Leader Training Programme …or, what I am working on in Aucklan … more →

Tags: engagement, Active Transportation, leadership, Youth leadership, Student Leadership, Youth Engagement, capacity building, Behavior Change, active school travel

Riverside County Health Department Uses Bar Codes to Measure Walking Program

Pauline Chow wrote 1 month ago: The Orrenmaa Elementary School, in the City of Riverside, instituted Safe Routes to School National … more →

Tags: Best Practices, health, Walk & Bike to School, local jurisdiction, Riverside County, Training, Pilot, technology

New Guide Tells How to Site Schools for Better Walkability

heatherwgibbons wrote 1 month ago: School siting can influence whether students walk or bike to school. (Photo courtesy of pedbikeimage … more →

Tags: physical activity, Healthy School Environment, bike to school, Urban Planning, SubUrban Planning, Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools, school transportation, school siting

Free-Range Kids Town Thriving!16 comments

lskenazy wrote 1 month ago: Hey Readers! You’ll like this — L. Dear FRK: Thought you’d appreciate some good ne … more →

Tags: Good News!, kids on own at park, Newspaper delivery, rural life, success story

Walking to School, Libraries and Markets Helps Keep Kids Slimmer

Bonnie Rochman wrote 1 month ago: If you care about your kids eating healthy, getting enough exercise and avoiding obesity, pay close … more →

Tags: Diet, Diet & Fitness, Exercise, Family & Parenting, Food & Drink, Nutrition, Parenting, obesity, Parks

School Alerts Parents: Local Man SeenTalking to Kids!57 comments

lskenazy wrote 1 month ago: Hi Readers! This is the kind of story that makes me bite off little pieces of my own arm in frustrat … more →

Tags: Eek! A Male! (and Stranger Danger!), School and Zero Tolerance and Bullies, Sex Offender Issues, Stupid Advice, Walk to School / Stay Home Alone / Wait in Car, children unsafe walk to school worst-first thinking, man talks to children, stranger approaches kids, Stranger Danger

SCAG Recommends Active Transportation Policies but No Funding Changes

Pauline Chow wrote 2 months ago: At the March 21st Southern California Association of Governments’ (SCAG’s) Joint  Policy … more →

Tags: News, Equity, Safety, health, Public Participation, Funding News, Walk & Bike to School, complete streets, state network

Parents: wanna help? Keep your car away from the school

Arthur Orsini wrote 2 months ago: While waiting for my daily flat white the other day, I picked up a ‘parenting’ newspaper … more →

Tags: health, Children, capacity building, active school travel, Parenting, Parental Involvement

March 18th

KaitlynFacista wrote 2 months ago: Studying on the Subway Deck   Here's Alex!   They have been working on painting this gate … more →

Tags: Dominica, Semester One, Subway Deck, cage

Reprint: "Walking to Kindergarten Should Be Child's Play"68 comments

lskenazy wrote 3 months ago: Hi Folks! One of you sent me this wonderful oped from the Sydney Morning Herald. Then I got in touch … more →

Tags: Walk to School / Stay Home Alone / Wait in Car, Other Places Other Eras, School, Australia, Kindergarten, sydney, bendigo, kindergarteners walk to school, Japan children walk

Help Save Safe Routes to School & Public Transit!20 comments

lskenazy wrote 3 months ago: Hi Readers: This just in from the Safe Routes folks! – L. Double Your Impact—Act Now on Key Se … more →

Tags: biking, Crosswalks, Public Transportation, Public Transit, bike to school, kids biking, kids walking, sidewalk funding, Local Government

Living counter-intuitively

Arthur Orsini wrote 3 months ago: A parent at an elementary school once said to me just before the afternoon bell: “If we’ … more →

Tags: health, Children, active school travel, Parenting

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HeightsMama wrote 4 months ago: We hold hands on Monday and put one foot in front of the other. “Are your legs cold?” … more →

Tags: Poetry

Behaviour change is a process, not an event1 comment

Arthur Orsini wrote 4 months ago: There’s a very common-sense model to help explain behaviour change – one with a very com … more →

Tags: health, leadership, engagement, TTM, Behaviour change, Behavior Change, active school travel, international walk to school day

A Child Visitor to America Asks: "Where Are All The Kids?"52 comments

lskenazy wrote 4 months ago: Hi Readers — This note was originally a comment on the post below this one. Its poignancy hit … more →

Tags: Other Places Other Eras, outdoors, Germany, Bike, Outside, park, america, suburb, Sprawl

There's Hope for Mayberry Yet!40 comments

lskenazy wrote 4 months ago: Hi Folks! Talk about a beacon of hope.  A Hollywood ending! Success! Get this: As you may recall, a … more →

Tags: Good News!, Walk to School / Stay Home Alone / Wait in Car, Creating Community, Parents, Cops, police, paranoia, change, Soccer

And We Worry About Our Kids Walking a Couple Blocks to School19 comments

lskenazy wrote 4 months ago: Hi Folks: I don’t think I need to comment here, except to say I would be just as terrified at … more →

Tags: Other Places Other Eras, BRIDGE, Fear, First-World Problem, indonesian children, overprotection

Walk to School Thursday

danwinters12 wrote 4 months ago: It’s that time again.  Come join us at our next Walk to School event this Thursday morning.  C … more →

Tags: Announcement


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