Slow Family Resources

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Get Outside – International

Children & Nature Network

International Walk To School

Therapeutic Landscapes Network

Get Outside – U.S.

American Camp Association

International Walk to School, USA

Nature Rocks

(I wrote about Nature Rocks here.)

National Park Service

National Public Lands Day

National Wildlife Federation Green Hour

Safe Routes to Schools, National

Sierra Club Youth Program

Trails.com

Get Outside – California

California Farm Bureau

(CA Farm Bureau is a great list of fairs and farms throughout the state.)

California State Parks

Coastwalks

Fun Orange County Parks

Get Outside – Northern California

Bay Area Hiker

Bay Nature

El Dorado Farm Trails

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Safe Routes to Schools, Marin

San Francisco Slow Family Life on Examiner.com

Sonoma County Farm Trails

Weekly Walker

Get Outside – Other Regions

Homegrown Handmade – Art and Farm Trails, North Carolina

GET OUTSIDE – GEAR

 

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Preserve Nature – International

Surfrider Foundation

The Nature Conservancy

Preserve Nature – U.S.

American Farmland Trust

American Land Conservancy

Land Trust Alliance

(This is a clearing house of U.S. land trusts. Look for yours here.)

Natural Park Trust

Preserve Nature – California

California Council of Land Trusts

(This is a clearing house of CA land trusts. Look for yours here.)

Preserve Nature – Bay Area

Bay Area Ridge Trail Council

Greenbelt Alliance

Marin Agricultural Land Trust

Salmon Protection & Watershed Network

Sonoma Land Trust

Trust for Public Land

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Learn about & Advocate for CHILDREN, Nature & Play

Alliance for Childhood

American Journal of Play

Association for the Study of Play

Center for Childhood Creativity

Center for Ecoliteracy

Children & Nature Network

(If you go to one site for local and national news and resources make it Children & Nature Network.)

EcoAmerica

Environmental Educational Council of Marin

Head Start Body Start

International Play Association, U.S. affiliate

International Council for Children’s Play

KaBOOM!

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Institute for Play

Natural Learning Initiative

Nature Child Reunion, Canada

No Child Left Inside

(See the No Child Left Inside web site for your chapter and other local groups.)

Playborhood

Therapeutic Landscapes Network

U.S. Play Coalition

Where do the Children Play?

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Learn about & Advocate for Sustainable Practices, LAND USE, Transit & Cities

Awakening the Dreamer

Center for a New American Dream

Complete Streets

Congress for the New Urbanism

David Suzuki Foundation

Earth Island Institute

League of American Bicyclists

Marin County Bicycle Coalition

National Resources Defense Council

New Nature Movement

New Urbanism

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Sierra Club

Slow Travel Berlin

Story of Stuff Project

Streetsblog

Strong Towns

Teens Turning Green

Transition Network

Transition U.S.

Transporation Alternatives (New York)

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Grow, Make & Eat

Center for Ecoliteracy

Edible Schoolyard

Farm to School

Fibershed

Kitchen Gardeners International

National Gardening Association

Path to Freedom

Pollinator Partnership

Slow Food International

Slow Food USA

Yardstead

Slow the Home

Slow Home

Connect more with Family

The Prodigal Family

Simplicity Parenting

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Learn More & Join the Slow Movement

Slow author, Carl Honore

Long Now Foundation

Simplicity Parenting

Slow Family Living

Slow Movement

(Slow Movement is a really good general site that incorporates urban design.)

Slow Society

SHARE YOUR PASSIONS ON BLOGS & SOCIAL MEDIA

Blog hosting

WordPress.com and wordpress.org

Laughing Squid hosting

GoDaddy domains and domain services

Copyright-free photo sources (always check specific rights):

Wikimedia Commons

Flickr Creative Commons

Morgue File

More photo sources

Create your own graphics

PicMonkey

Blog Badges

Facebook Photo Dimensions

More Facebook Photo Dimensions

Social Media Basics

Mashable Guides:

Facebook for Beginniners

Mashable’s Guide to Facebook

Facebook Timelines for Brands

Facebook Reach

Twitter for Beginners

Mashable’s Guide to Twitter

Mashable’s Guide to YouTube

Pinterest Beginner Guide

Google+ Guide

Social Customer Experience

Other:

How Many People Use Social Media?

Pew Internet on Social Networking

The Reach of Social Networks

Tamtrail

Photos by Susan Sachs Lipman

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