Get Outside – International
Therapeutic Landscapes Network
Get Outside – U.S.
International Walk to School, USA
(I wrote about Nature Rocks here.)
National Wildlife Federation Green Hour
Safe Routes to Schools, National
Get Outside – California
(CA Farm Bureau is a great list of fairs and farms throughout the state.)
Get Outside – Northern California
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
San Francisco Slow Family Life on Examiner.com
Get Outside – Other Regions
Homegrown Handmade – Art and Farm Trails, North Carolina
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Preserve Nature – International
Preserve Nature – U.S.
(This is a clearing house of U.S. land trusts. Look for yours here.)
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
Salmon Protection & Watershed Network
Learn & Advocate for Nature and Play
(If you go to one site for local and national news and resources make it Children & Nature Network.)
Environmental Educational Council of Marin
International Play Association, U.S. affiliate
International Council for Children’s Play
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Nature Child Reunion, Canada
(See the No Child Left Inside web site for your chapter and other local groups.)
Therapeutic Landscapes Network
Learn & Advocate for Sustainable Practices, LAND USE, Transit & Cities
Marin County Bicycle Coalition
National Resources Defense Council
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
The Center for a New American Dream
Transporation Alternatives (New York)
Grow, Make & Eat
Kitchen Gardeners International
National Gardening Association
Slow the Home
Connect more with Family
Learn More & Join the Slow Movement
Slow author, Carl Honore
(Slow Movement is a really good general site that incorporates urban design.)
Photos by Susan Sachs Lipman
A worthwhile link is http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/
The first website we found that let us know that not everyone considered us freaks!
Thanks for the links, there are many I hadn’t come across before.
Hello, Kiwiswiss, and thank you! I’m so glad to hear that you found these resources worthwhile. I’m always on the lookout for the best information about the things I care deeply about.
I felt the same way when I discovered FreeRangeKids (and many of these other sites). Finally, a community of people who share my values and desires and a parenting style that favors common sense and play (a real childhood!) over fear.
I’m curious about your own experiences with this issue, if you’d like to share any, especially as you’re not in the (particularly fearful) U.S.