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All Things Are Connected: How Mayors Are Redefining Nature Connection for Kids 
Mayors across the country have taken up leadership roles in the effort to ensure all children in their cities benefit from regular connections to nature. These nature-smart mayors view access to the natural world as integral to their visions for their cities, rather than an isolated strategy or project. Read more and watch videos of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter speaking about CCCN.
How to Share School Parks with Your Community  
A new wave of projects combine outdoor classrooms and green spaces in neighborhoods that lack park access. This article in District Administration, targeted to school administrators, features CCCN green schoolyards projects in Grand Rapids, MN and Austin, TX.
Regreening Cities: Strategies to Build Resilience and Community  
Cities are on the front lines of climate change and have committed to meeting the goals of the Paris climate agreement. In this CitiesSpeak blog, The Nature Conservancy’s Texas Regional Director discusses how cities in Texas are taking climate change into their own hands, which includes the building of green schoolyards.
Understanding Your Audience's Connection to Nature: A Webinar Recording   
In this free webinar from the Children and Nature Network, researchers from the University of Florida share tools and resources for measuring and assessing nature connections. The webinar is aimed at helping practitioners measure outcomes for nature programs. Watch the video recording to learn more.
CCCN Metric Toolkit  
The Metrics Toolkit equips leaders with indicators and measurement tools across three categories: policy, infrastructure and experience. It includes three tools used by the pilot cohort of cities in the Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN) initiative to set priorities, choose indicators and assess impacts, all through the lens of increasing equitable access to nature.
One in Three City Children Have Never Been for a Walk in the Countryside, a New Study Finds, iNews, October 18, 2019.
Here’s How to Explore Ontario Parks with Your Library Card, TimminsToday, Sept 19, 2019.
Milwaukee Unveils Green Schoolyards Project, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 1, 2019.
Group seeks ‘playground equity’ in Baltimore,  Baltimore Sun, October 18, 2019.
Canadian Kids Aren’t Playing Outside Enough, Experts Say, and It’s Harming Their Health, Global News - October 18, 2019.
Kids Raised in Walkable Cities Earn More Money As Adults, CityLab - November 1, 2019.

The Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN) initiative helps city leaders and their partners ensure that all children have the opportunity to play, learn and grow in nature, from urban parks and community gardens to the great outdoors. Check out our online resource hub, and join the conversation on Twitter with #citykids2nature!

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