Getting Kids Outdoors as Early as Possible Kim Shaw owns and runs two early childcare centers in the community where she grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. “At a young age, I knew it was my calling,” she says. But in high school, Shaw realized that working in a...
Making Sure Every Child Receives the Benefits of Time Outdoors Ten years before the COVID-19 crisis and the nationwide uprisings for racial justice, Sierra Club, YMCA of the USA, Children & Nature Network, REI and others set out to form a coalition and address an...
A Trailblazer “Today, I’m the person I knew I could be—if given the opportunity,” says Ruby Rodriguez. That includes connecting her community in Fresno, California, to Yosemite National Park. The project is funded by the National Park Trust, and it’s part of her work...
Developing Healthy and Satisfying Connections to Land and Community “The camp is on hold, but the bees are constantly busy,” says Cody Wood. Cody, 14, started beekeeping with his family several years ago. Right away the family realized it needed help....
Growing Healthy Communities in School Gardens During COVID-19 Drew Cone saw the potential of school gardens when visiting his peers in Springdale Public Schools in Arkansas. As the Activities Administrator for the neighboring school district in Van Buren, Drew...
