resources, training & support for student-led walk & bike to school programs

Urbanthinkers' BLOG

Dunedin, NZ presentation: Feb 15th 2012 Engaging Teens in Healthy Transport Decisions (YouTube video) plus Teen Discussion Panel

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Urbanthinkers is on a reduced work-schedule while Arthur Orsini is working for Auckland Transport until late June

Child & Youth Engagement is more than a gimmick for kids to rally their peers. It is

  • an opportunity for communitiy participation through innovation and analysis
  • a generater of healthy lifestyle habits for youth leaders and their peers
  • empowerment for small scale solutions to a global crisis

Child & Youth Engagement is straightforward, but not trivial.

If your job is to reduce traffic congestion, increase physcial activity, or reduce air pollution Urbanthinkers can help you: we've done it many times before.

Contact us if you want to increase the capability of children and teens in your community to get peers walking and cycling.

Health prescription:

  • break the daily habit of students getting in their parents car

Immplementation strategy:

  1. recruit,

  2. train &

  3. support youth leaders

to implement walking & cycling strategies that will be effective with their peers

Video feedback;

from Canberra, Australia workshop incl. comments from Year 5 student leaders

Four Gr. 7 students recall their participation as Gr. 5 student leaders in the FAST (Facilitate Active School Travel) program to increase the number of families walking to school.