I’m now living in Seattle close to Green Lake Park. We visited the park a couple of days ago and enjoyed the landscape as well as the people around us. The park offers many adult and youth community programs. I’m excited to try out some water activities.
Filed under: city, parks on September 21st, 2011 | No Comments »
This week during our Discovery Day Camp we came across this Walking Stick, probably a female. The bright coloring may be a defense mechanism meant to deter us from eating it or to scare us away. Or, is she losing color because she’s dying?
Filed under: education, parks, observations and opinions on July 16th, 2011 | No Comments »
My state park and yours truly was featured in the recent Texarkana Gazette. Click here for photos and the introduction to the article.
The writer captured the park’s environmental education mission well. Check out the photo of the tarantula and me!
Filed under: education, parks on June 19th, 2011 | No Comments »
In a few weeks I will be leaving this city I’ve called home for six years. I’m returning for half a year to the state of my birth- Arkansas. There I will be working as a Park Interpreter for the Arkansas State Parks in Logoly.
A park interpreter’s goal is to make your experience as a […]
Filed under: parks, education, leisure, eco-tourism, fostering identity, natural landscape on April 6th, 2011 | No Comments »
Last Autumn I was wondering how or if my interest in anti-war protesting is related to my interest in why environmental activists become, well, active. Somewhere along this trail of inquiry I ran into the theory of Peace Parks.
Wikipedia states that peace parks create friendly borders between countries and encourage natural animal migration patterns, […]
Filed under: parks, eco-tourism, social justice, environmental planning on June 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
