http://rustypritchard.com/2010/01/27/walkability-justice-and-healthy-cities/ Creation, ecology and economics, families and communities Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:38:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://rustypritchard.com/2010/01/27/walkability-justice-and-healthy-cities/#comment-251 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:56:48 +0000 http://rustypritchard.com/?p=202#comment-251 [...] More on this from Rusty Pritchard. He writes: The effect of the built environment on our bodies is not just felt through violent encounters with cars. Because we have created so many unwalkable, unlivable communities, Americans of all ages have grown heavier by degrees in the last 40 years. We are trained by the diet and exercise industries to think of the obesity epidemic as the result of individual gluttony or sloth, or to excuse it as a genetic predisposition. But America’s obesity problem will not be cured by diet or gym membership: the real problem is a lack of healthy environments that promote routine physical activity—walking as a way of life. [...]

]]> http://rustypritchard.com/2010/01/27/walkability-justice-and-healthy-cities/#comment-110 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:23:38 +0000 http://rustypritchard.com/?p=202#comment-110 [...] Reading “Walking to Justice (Walkability, Justice, and Healthy Cities)” by Rusty Pritchard, from current PRISM magazine (Jan/Feb 2010) Congress for New Urbanism CDC [...]

]]> http://rustypritchard.com/2010/01/27/walkability-justice-and-healthy-cities/#comment-105 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:51:00 +0000 http://rustypritchard.com/?p=202#comment-105 [...] resources: How your church can do a walkability audit “Walking to Justice (Walkability, Justice, and Healthy Cities)” by Rusty Pritchard, from current PRISM magazine (Jan/Feb 2010) Flourish resource list on [...]

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