The Goal is Free Range Kids w/ Prof Sara FL Kirk
About this episode
The episode features a discussion with Professor Sara FL Kirk about her research on environments that promote healthy, active living and her activism for safer streets.
In this episode, I connect with Professor Sara FL Kirk, with Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for an in-depth discussion about her research centered on environments that promote healthy, active living, what prompted her to become a safer streets activist, hint: it's the story as we heard from Tom Flood with the Urban Truth Collective, and some of her favorite initiatives she's been involved with there in Halifax. Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel): 👉 Urban Truth Collective episode 👉 Grant Ennis Dark PR episode 👉 Tim Gill and Alice Ferguson Free Range Childhood episode 👉 Lenore Skenazy Free Range Kids - Let Grow episode 👉 Bruce Appleyard episode 👉 Peter Norton playlist 👉 Ian Walker and Marco Te Brömmelstroet motonormativity episode 👉 Carter Lavin’s You Have to Fight episode 👉 Academia and Research playlist 👉 Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us by Tom Vanderbilt via my Bookshop or from Amazon 👉 Tristin Cleveland episode 👉 Kidical Mass video from Austin 👉 My recent Bike Streets episode 👉 Bike Streets website 👉 Wes Marshall's recent Livestream 👉 Uplift Partnership website 👉…
People in this episode
Host: John Simmerman
Guest: Sara FL Kirk
Topics covered
- active living
- urban activism
- childhood safety
- community initiatives
- environmental health
Keywords
- free range kids
- active towns
- urban planning
- child safety
- community health
- Halifax
- safer streets
- environmental design
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Dalhousie University, Urban Truth Collective, Let Grow, Active Towns, Bike Streets, Uplift Partnership, Navahine Settlement
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