Review of a Book in the UK Guardian:

Outdoor Classroom Day is a global campaign to inspire and encourage teachers across the world to take lessons outdoors on Thursday 6th October. Over 1,800 schools are already signed up to take around 250,00 children out on the day, but we need your help to reach even more!

The DIY guide to creating a playground in a box from Pop Up Adventure Play and Playground Ideas.

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Congratulations to Alexandrina Council for compiling this great account of Bristow Smith Reserve Nature Playspace. Congratulations also to WAX Design on developing this wonderful space. This document a great example of post evaluation of a project. In a demanding world of expectations of delivery and moving onto the next project, it’s so valuable to evaluate and celebrate what has been accomplished.

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The 30th ACHPER International Conference, Participating in an Active and Healthy Life: Valuing the Participant Voice will have enormous national and international appeal. This event has already attracted high quality keynote speakers from overseas and Australia and promises to be a showcase of contemporary and indeed future focused ideas that will ensure it is a must attend event for all health and physical education professionals, health, sports and other industry stakeholders.

Taken from the Huffpost Alberta

If one Canadian foundation gets its way, outdoor playgrounds will be a riskier and more unstructured place for kids.

On Thursday, the Lawson Foundation announced its Outdoor Play Strategy which includes $2.7 million in grants, to be spent on developing outdoor play programs across Canada.

From the 202020 Team.

The Directory of Good Design is our big listing of urban green space inspiration, from perfect parks through to food gardens and inspirational new developments...