{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Active Towns","title":"Restorative Natural Areas w/ Katherine Howard & Jo Fitzgibbons","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3538,"description":"In this episode, we head back up to the province of British Columbia, Canada for a conversation about Restorative Natural Areas with Vancouver-based Katherine Howard and Jo Fitzgibbons\nJoanne \"Jo\" Fitzgibbons is a Ph.D. doctoral candidate at the University of British Columbia and a Sustainability Scholar with the Urban Biodiversity Hub\nKatherine Howard is a Project Manager with the City of Vancouver currently working on its comprehensive master plan, she was involved with developing VanPlay, the city’s parks and recreation services master plan.\nJo and Katherine share how the development of the Restorative Natural Area (RNA) Index tool assisted the City of Vancouver and contributed as a layer in the Equity Initiative Zone mapping as part of VanPlay, the City's Parks and recreation services master plan.\nAdditional Helpful Links:\nEquity Initiative Zones article that Katherine wrote for TheCityFix\nFort Collins, Colorado - Nature in the City\nFour Easy Steps to Support My Efforts:\n1. Become an Active Towns Ambassador by \"Buying Me a Coffee\" or by pledging as little as $1 per month on Patreon\n2. If you enjoyed this episode, please give it a \"thumbs up,\" leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a friend.\n3. Subscribe to the podcast on your preferred listening platform and the Active Towns YouTube Channel\n4. Pick up some Active Towns #StreetsAreForPeople Merch at my store\n\nCredits:\nAll video and audio production by John Simmerman\n\nMusic:\nVarious mixes also by John Simmerman\n\nResources used during the production of this episode:\n- My awesome recording platform is Ecamm\n- Adobe Creative Cloud Suite\n\nFor more information about my Active Towns effort or to follow along, please visit my links below:\n- Website\n- Twitter\n- Newsletter\n- Podcast landing pages\n- Facebook\n- Instagram\n\nBackground:\nHi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.\n\nI’m a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Tkybtmzf0KYuip-R8cMTYcCT6L7ETI0NTQv5EY_NCCI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzgwNjcvMTY0NTE5/MDIxMi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}