public parks

Everyone should live within 10 minutes of a public park. Why? Because public green space improves overall health, strengthens community ties, combats climate change, and - when implemented correctly - reduces inequality. Our guest today is George Dusenbury, Vice President Southern Region and the Georgia State Director at the Trust for Public Land, an organization whose mission is to expand access to the outdoors by creating public parks and protecting public lands. In this episode, we explore exciting TPL initiatives like green schoolyards in New York City and the exciting Chattahoochee RiverLands Project that promises to transform the Atlanta metro area and beyond. We also discuss greenspace as essential infrastructure, the importance of local input,, and the resources available for anyone who wants to expand access to nature in their own communities. 

Show Notes

• Trust For Public Land
• About George Dusenbury 
• Chattahoochee RiverLands Project
• The Land & People Lab
• Policy & Legislation
• Resource Library
• SCAPE Studio 

Key Words: Trust For Public Land, Public Parks, Parks & Recreation, Green Space, Climate, Climate Change, Chattahoochee River, Chattahoochee RiverLands Project, Biophilia, Biophilic Design, Nature, Outdoors, Nature Based Solutions 

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Have you ever hiked a portion of the Appalachian Trail? Taken a family vacation to the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone? Or strolled through Central Park for some respite from the Manhattan hustle? If so, you can thank a handful of early American environmentalists who advocated for, designed, and built the public lands we enjoy today.

Today on the podcast, we’re joined by Jeffrey H. Ryan, author of This Land Was Saved for You and Me: How Gifford Pinchot, Frederick Law Olmsted, and a Band of Foresters Saved America’s Public Lands. Jeffrey, an avid outdoorsman in his own right, walks us through the fascinating history of the early environmental movement and its major players. We also discuss the difference between preservation and conservation, Jeffrey’s own experiences as a writer and hiker, and the awe-inspiring moments we find in nature.

Show Notes

• This Land Was Saved for You and Me: How Gifford Pinchot, Frederick Law Olmstead, and a Band of Foresters Saved America’s Public Lands by Jeffrey H. Ryan
• Appalachian Odyssey: A 28-Year Hike on America’s Trail by Jeffrey H. Ryan
• Man and Nature by George Perkins Marsh
• Northeast Wilderness Trust - Rewilding the Northeast
• About Jeffrey H. Ryan
• The Biophilic Leadership Summit, April 23-26 in Serenbe

Key Words: History, Environmentalism, Public Parks, National Parks, National Parks Service, Central Park, Environmental Movement, Biophilia, Biophilic, Biophilic Design, Urban Planning, Frederick Law Olmstead, Jeffrey Ryan, Nature, Outdoors, Hiking, Appalachian Trail

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 I Ling Matthews Thompson is herself a force of nature. She's the SVP and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at the Trust for Public Land. Her passion for the outdoors and what they mean to communities is evident in our conversation. Here's a clip about getting inner city children access to more parks.

See Trust for Public Land's tips for getting outside during this COVID-19 crisis here: https://www.tpl.org/blog/itching-head-outside-read-first

Welcome to Marketing Upheaval. My guest is I Ling Matthews Thompson, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at the Trust For Public Land. I Ling has also held leadership positions at the Nature Conservancy and The Outdoor Industry Association. A good part of her career has been in getting more people to have access to parks and recreation, and getting our representatives to support that. We're going to talk about how to get more people to go outside and have more places to enjoy the outdoors.

Transcript:

Rudy: Let's start with the Trust for Public Land. They create parks and protect land for people. So how do they do that?

I Ling: Yeah, the Trust for Public Land has been around for about 47 years and one of the mainstays of our mission has been about connecting people to the outdoors by creating parks or open spaces, trails, protecting large scale forests and areas where people can get outside. Fast forward 47 years, we actually go into communities and create parks and open spaces. We are looking at how we can find open spaces and parks, in urban environments where real estate is at a premium and you can't really shoehorn in a park. So we're getting creative and we're looking at school yards that right now are barren asphalt. And we're working with school districts to transform those school yards into green vibrant areas where kids can play and the surrounding community is able to come out and enjoy those spaces. And we also work on creating access in some iconic national parks. ....So we do some pretty cool stuff. Yeah, I have to say, I'm excited to be here and be part of this mission.

Read the full transcript: https://creativeouthouse.com/2020/03/25/how-to-support-nature-and-boost-healthy-communities/

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