NOVA Parks’ Post

𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬: Often we think of natural resources or nature as only existing in parks or outside of city limits, but this is not true. Your backyard, apartment complex, office building, synagogue, school, or wherever you go can support nature. It’s all about the type of plants we surround ourselves with and a balance between people and wildlife. Columbia has amazing parks, streams, and forests to explore. These natural resources can be found throughout Columbia and not only do they provide recreational opportunities but also clean air and water, shade, mental health benefits, materials and so much more. Community conservation is all about bringing people closer to nature and improving the environment for people and wildlife through educational programming, habitat restoration, outreach, and strategic planning. 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘: comoclimateaction.org 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘: como.gov/strategic-plan 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆. / #comoclimateaction #comostrategicplan 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮, 𝗠𝗢 - 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 3M Hinkson/Flatbranch Wetland

Communities are made up of many parts. Some of which include people, locations, natural resources, knowledge, recreation, and beliefs. Various combinations of these, and other attributes, can drive the success of an overall community, making it greater than the sum of each of its parts on their own. #WamplerDevelopment #BuildingBetterCommunities #1+1>2 #Synergy

Is #Portland, Oregon your #Natural #Habitat? If so, please let's consider how our decisions impact the short- and long-term #sustaniability of our region: #economic, climate, social and overall wellbeing. Are we, individually and together, investing in our: "brick and mortar," green spaces, nature, relationships, etc? Let's prioritize the place that is our home. Our city will be what we make of it! Photo taken at #PortlandNursery.

For more than 50 years, Earth Day has signified a time for people to come together to invest in the health of the environment both locally and globally.🌎 As one of the largest groups of land managers and community service providers, park and recreation professionals and their agencies are essential to these environmental efforts. Several agencies shared their Earth Day and Month initiatives with us in the April issue of Parks & Recreation magazine. Read the full article to... 🌎Learn how Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation in North Carolina is promoting nature and agriculture as one of their main missions year-round. 🌎Explore what parks and recreation in Wichita, Kansas is doing to remind folks how important it is to take care of our environment. 🌎Discover the 2024 Annual Bike to Earth Day event held by the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation in Indiana. 🌎Hear from Douglasville, Georgia Parks and Recreation on replenishing the tree canopy in a recently renovated park, which suffered a loss of trees during construction. 🌎Get a taste of the fun events and volunteer efforts put on by the Forest Preserves in Cook County, Illinois that allow people to give back to the natural world. 🌎Find out how the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department in Cary, North Carolina is getting community members involved in climate actions and stewardship strategies through dozens of programs. Read the full article: https://bit.ly/4cI0dRV #PowerOfParks #NRPAEarthMonth #EarthDay #EarthMonth #Conservation #WhereYouBelong #ClimateHero #Parks #Recreation #Environment #Sustainability #Nature

The demand for outdoor recreation has seen unprecedented growth in recent years, with record numbers of people getting outside. The BLM’s Public Lands Rule could be enormously influential in supporting conservation, expanding access, and preserving outdoor recreation values on our public lands. A new report from CAP highlights opportunities to protect BLM lands to expand outdoor recreation access: https://lnkd.in/dgbRfpyE

If you agree that "The Biden administration can capitalize on this outdoor recreation opportunity through near-term policy action, including by finalizing a strong BLM Public Lands Rule, acting on ripe community-led conservation proposals, finalizing regulations limiting oil and gas conflicts, investing in recreation infrastructure and management, and tackling other barriers to equitable nature access," there is no better way to make this happen than to invest in the work of the Conservation Lands Foundation!

A LAUGHABLE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE LINK The Wildlife and Countryside Link tell an all-party parliamentary group that the countryside dwellers are influenced by #racist #colonial legacies. When asked about this a west country farmer was so puzzled he thought they were talking about knotweed. No, it wasn’t knotweed the WCL was talking about. In fact, its broad statement boils down to their view that green spaces dominated by white people can prevent people from #ethnic minority backgrounds enjoying nature. Colonialism, they say, is embedded into the design and management of green spaces. It is more than alarming, but not surprising, that the WCL doesn’t know the difference between a green space and the #countryside. Lest there be any doubt, a #greenspace is an area for recreation in an urban area whereas countryside is land outside an urban areas . Countryside dwellers are naturally concerned with and influenced by the forces of nature. They deal with life and death far more closely than urban dwellers. The cycle of the seasons is more dramatic, as too is the business of agriculture. Country dwellers are far too busy communing or contending with nature to spend time being deliberately unwelcoming to anyone including ethnic minorities. Of course, country dwellers are likely to call unruly motorists or dog walkers “them bloody foreigners" but the object of their complaint is as likely to come from #Macclesfield as #Mombasa. Moreover, neighbours look after each other in villages, not only because country dwellers are on the whole naturally friendly but they need to be. Things can go suddenly and often dangerously wrong and emergency services are not easily to hand. The idea of village dwellers denying ethnic minorities their friendship or help is laughable. But, largely because life in the countryside is lived in this way, any newcomer is looked at closely. Will they fit in? Do they understand the cycle of nature? Will they be on hand in an emergency? Will they respect the country code – close gates, keep dogs under control, take home their litter. This applies to everyone, of whatever ethnic background or creed. There can be no excuse for ethnic minorities being denied, for whatever reason, access to green spaces in urban areas. But don’t, WCL, put countryside dwellers in the same pot. To denigrate them as racist and colonial reveals the same ignorance and laziness as lies behind non-platforming or cancelling. #countryside #nature #landscape #countrylife

Real Estate Professionals are also known as "Land Experts". As land experts, we have the responsibility to take care of the planet where we live in. We must take part in the preservation and sustainability of our ecosystem because there is no such other place we and our childrens' children have to survive. #BSREM #PrinciplesOfEcology #RealEstate #InvestAndThrive #HelpingHands #YourHomeFinder #OFWinSG #OFWLife #OFWDiary

If you live in Sussex, please fill in this quick survey. It will help inform priorities for nature recovery across Sussex. I know I want to see an end to the pollution of Chichester harbour and an increase in native hedge planting, among other things! #sussex #nature #localnaturerecoverystrategy

Our local parks are sanctuaries of relaxation, recreation, and community bonding. Regular maintenance ensures parks remain a cherished asset for the entire community. 🚧 Discover how parks and recreation departments can not only sustain but thrive through innovative revenue-generation strategies: https://buff.ly/45WkQFi --- #parksandrecreation #assetmaintenance #assetmanagement