California has always been a place with unequal access to green space, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Los Angeles. (via latimesopinion)
is quite low. People enjoying nature, while remaining at a distance from everyone who’s not in their household and doing it not too far from home, pose little public health risk.have allowed people to leave their homes for essential activities, including exercise. But what’s outside each of our front doors varies. A lot.
We’re dealing with three disasters right now, not one. The first is a pandemic. The second is a financial catastrophe. The third, just swimming into sight right now, is what gets called a mental health crisis but maybe should be called an emotional and spiritual crisis instead. A lot of depression, grief, loss, disorientation, exhaustion, stress, fear and loneliness are welling up all around us.
Katy Butler, a Mill Valley resident, recently pointed out that what worked during the AIDS crisis wasn’t asking gay men to give up sex; it was asking them to practice safer sex. She believes the same principle should apply to access to nature today.
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