{"id":12208,"date":"2012-10-12T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=12208"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:57:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:57:19","slug":"urban-planet-natural-playgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/10\/12\/urban-planet-natural-playgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Natural Playgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?attachment_id=34112\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34112\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"playground\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/playground1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Playgrounds with natural elements have become increasingly popular in the last decade. And according to the University of Tennessee\u2019s Dawn Coe, the playgrounds also increase of the level of physical activity for the children who use them. Studying the playground at the University\u2019s Early Learning Center, Coe measured a 100% increase in the amount of time children spent playing after a naturalization initiative. The changes incorporated more natural elements like logs and flowers. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/10\/121011135036.htm\">Science Daily<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gorbould\/5053399004\/sizes\/z\/in\/photostream\/\">Gourbould<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. 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And according to the University of Tennessee\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/10\/12\/urban-planet-natural-playgrounds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Urban Planet: Natural Playgrounds&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5864],"tags":[5654,684,5651,3809,1174,3806,5653,5652,464],"class_list":["post-12208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-dawn-coe","tag-facebook","tag-science-daily","tag-tennessee","tag-twitter","tag-university-of-tennessee","tag-university-of-tennessees-dawn-coe","tag-universitys-early-learning-center","tag-urban-planet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Urban Planet: Natural Playgrounds - Spacing Atlantic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/10\/12\/urban-planet-natural-playgrounds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Urban Planet: Natural Playgrounds - Spacing Atlantic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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