nature

Recreation

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Author
Jeff Banowetz
Editor, Twin Cities Sports Magazine, www.twincitiessports.com
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Raising Green Kids

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Author
ELIZABETH K. ANDRE
Education Consultant, Will Steger Foundation
Any parent whose child has surprised them by echoing their speech knows that kids emulate the adults around them. Simply by modeling responsible behavior, adults can inspire children to take green action. In addition, we can engage children in active participation by encouraging them to help with tasks that adults may find routine or tiresome. Sorting cans and bottles or collapsing cardboard boxes becomes fun for both adult and child when done as a team.

Parents can also give children responsibility for household leadership over certain green tasks. A child who is put in

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ON THE WEB!

Eco Education,
ecoeducation.org

International Wolf Center,
wolf.org

act locally!

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Chaska, MN
952-443-1400
arboretum.umn.edu

Bell Museum of Natural History
Minneapolis, MN
612-624-7083
bellmuseum.org

Free and Green Activities for Families

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Author
JEN ZOTALIS
Writer
When it comes to family time, green activities allow you to go casual instead of commercial, and feed your children's need for nature while you're at it. Here's one cliché well worth believing and embracing: the best things in life-and childhood-truly are free.

Create seasonal traditions. Make a commitment to celebrating the seasons by choosing at least one tradition, per season, to enjoy as a family. With ideas like snowshoeing on New Year's Eve, camping on Labor Day, and leaf-raking with a s'mores party in the fall, the options are endless.

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ON THE WEB!

National Wildlife Federation,
greenhour.org

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum,
www.arboretum.umn.edu

Forests & Parks in the Metro

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Author
Nelly Nehring
Minnesota Conservation Corps Member

Many city dwellers dream of building a rustic cabin in the north woods. We want to escape the city and get back to nature. It is perhaps a response to the seemingly unsettled wilderness so tantalizingly close to us near the Canadian border. City dwellers listen with true longing to their neighbors, the cabin owners, making plans to head up north for the holiday.

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Friends of the Parks and Trails

www.friendsoftheparks.org

Minnesota's Accessability Guidebook

http://208.26.124.154/mnparks

MN DNR - State Parks

www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/index.html

National Park Service

www.nps.gov


Minnesota's Natural Heritage, John R. Tester, 1995

Finding the Forest, Peter P. Bundy, 1999


Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board - Forestry Section
3800 Bryant Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 612-313-7732
www.minneapolisparks.org

Department of Natural Resources
1200 Warner Rd.
St. Paul, MN 651-772-7928
www.dnr.state.mn.us

Green Puppetry in the Twin Cities

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Author
Jim Ouray
Puppeteer

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Theater of Wonder: 25 Years in the Heart of the Beast, Colleen Sheehy, ed., 1999

The Art of the Puppet, Bil Baird, 1965


Barebones Productions
504 Cedar Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 612-724-4979

In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre
1500 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 612-721-2535
www.hobt.org
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