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Youth wellness collage
Gateways Article

Crissy Field Center youth practice wellness, virtually, during pandemic

During the summer months, the Crissy Field Center would normally be teeming with young people. While we’ve missed connecting and engaging in person, we’re meeting virtually and practicing wellness.
A volunteer uses plant shears to trim a bush along a trail
Article

How do outdoor spaces influence mental health?

Ever wonder why you feel calmer, more focused, and happier when you take a hike outside?

The Nature Cure: Inside the Health Revolution that Could Change Your Life

Outside Magazine

Health companies want to reward you for going outside. Spending time in nature is increasingly considered legitimate medicine, and doctors and insurance carriers are treating it as such. 

Park E-Ventures Article

Parks Conservancy Partnership Heals Veterans: Interview with a W.A.R.I.O.R. Participant

Partnering with the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC) at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy has been facilitating guided park excursions for veterans.
Hiking with dog
Park E-Ventures Article

Creating Lifelong Park Users, One Walk at a Time

The Institute at the Golden Gate’s Healthy Parks, Healthy People work does more than just encourage new communities to utilize neighborhood parks as resources for improving health. This initiative also creates new advocates for the health of public lands, like the Golden Gate National Parks.