LiveWell Colorado 360 Gut Check
Find out how healthy your weight is with LiveWell Colorado’s BMI calculator, waist to height ratio, and behavior quiz. Click here to find out more.
Colorado County Health Rankings
La Plata County Ranked #13 - Click here to see the ranking.
On The Road: Bicycle Safety
Bicycle safety tips and resources. Read the article here.
Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Arne Right Over
Good Morning America features Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Playworks to make the case for saving recess. Read the story here.
Dan Burden Interview on KSUT Radio
Independent producer, Kinsee Morlan talks with Dan Burden, a “walkability expert” about building healthy, walkable communities. Read or listen to the interview.
Jane Jacobs speech
Jane Jacobs, Vincent Scully Prize winner talk now available Watch the video of this 30-minute talk at the National Building Museum given Nov. 11, 2000. Watch the video here
MOMENTUM The Multi-Modal eNewsletter
Perils for Pedestrians
This PBS series looks at the dangers that pedestrians face in many of our cities and communities because our infrastructure is built for vehicles and not people.
Learn to love the Roundabout
December 2009 American Journal of Preventive Medicine features Active Living by Design
Practice-based issue highlights the 5P Community Action Model.
Read the articles here and here.
Bicycle Colorado eNews
The mission of Bicycle Colorado is to encourage and promote bicycling, increase safety, improve conditions, and provide a voice for cyclists in Colorado.
Sustain Magazine has American and Dutch articles on sustainability topics
The latest issue of Sustain Magazine reflects current thinking in the area of green urbanism and urban sustainability in our cities. The issue features seven perspectives on the ideal city in terms of policy and planning.
Download and read the issue here.
Smart Growth Online
A Service of the Smart Growth Network
Transportation for America
East Tennessee doctor weighs in on the health-transportation connection
CDOT Paves the Way for Safer Streets
CDOT recognizes the safety and mobility of bicyclists and pedestrians needs to be an integral part of everything it does.The challenge comes in balancing the needs of all roadway users and developing transportation infrastructure that provides connectivity and access for all, opportunity for modal choice, and safety for each mode of travel.
Great Outdoors Colorado
Tools of Change
Proven Methods of promoting Health, Safety, and Environmental Citizenship.
Trust for America’s Health Releases “F is for Fat”: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2010
Read the article here.
Weighing Bicyclists’ Needs in Transportation Planning
In this short Rocky Mountain PBS video, Dan Grunig, executive director of Bicycle Colorado, addresses the impact of biking on our nation’s infrastructure, our health and our planet.
Watch the video here.