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Sustainability and Environmental Resilience in Parks — Episode 163
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- Open Space Radio
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- Nov 8, 2024
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- 3390
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Summary
Sustainability and Environmental Resilience in Parks — Episode 163 On today's episode of Open Space Radio, I'm excited to share our collab episode with GovLove Podcast, which we recorded live back in October at the 2024 NRPA Annual Conference. This was our first live episode recording — with an audience. So, besides the obvious nerves that came along with that, it was such a fun, enriching conversation and it definitely won't be our last! I was honored to co-host this conversation alongside Ben Kittleson, manager at Raftelis and co-host/producer of GovLove. GovLove is a production of Engaging Local Government Leaders and is a podcast about local government with the goal of telling informative and unique stories about the work being done at the local level. On this episode, we discuss the important environmental resilience work taking place in Columbus, Ohio, and Boulder, Colorado, as well as how NRPA's Sustainability in Practice program equips park and recreation professionals to develop and implement community-driven sustainability practices. Joining us were the brilliant: Bernita Reese, director of recreation and parks for City of Columbus, Ohio Ali Rhodes, director of parks and recreation for the City of Boulder, Colorado Michele White, senior program manager for NRPA. Tune in to learn how park and recreation professionals are essential in advancing climate solutions to build a healthy, resilient and equitable future. You'll also learn: How you might already be doing this work, just not naming it explicitly Park-specific sustainability actions and planning principles to assist your efforts Strategies to enhance support from your community and local leadership Ways of embedding sustainability and resilience into your organization, as opposed to having it perceived as…