Press
Article bits and links featuring the CRRPT and the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights (COBR) may be found below:
California State Parks 150th Anniversary
Caroline Beteta, CEO, Visit California, has issued a video to celebrate the California State Parks' 150th anniversary.
Initiatives to Reconnect Youth With Nature Supported
In an op-ed for the Asbury Park (NJ) Press (4/9, 372K), Michele S. Byers, the executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, writes in support of the "Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights," which was introduced recently in the New Jersey state Senate he notes that "Go outside and play" is "a message that's spreading across the nation." In March, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell "announced an ambitious federal initiative to reconnect America's young people to the outdoors."
The piece also appears at the Morristown (NJ) Daily Record (4/9, 72K) - April, 2014
ASLA Statement on the California Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights
American Society of Landscape Architects - January, 2014
Regional Forester Signs on to the California Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights
KCET News (Zach Behrens) - November 13, 2013
Richard Louv.com, Blog
The Forgotten Human Right - October 26, 2012
The Mountain Democrat
The Door to Kids Well Being... John Poimiroo - March 19, 2012
The Play & Playground Encyclopedia
PGP - Marlene FInley, U.S. Forest Service - March, 2012
States Adopt Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights
Children & Nature Network - March 24, 2011
Ron Finley
Ron Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.'s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating. Check out this Impressive video on the power of urban gardening: (Ron Finley)