What is this project?
This project is my contribution to the Access to Nature goal outlined in Vancouver's Greenest City 2020 Action Plan. One of the main targets in the plan is that all Vancouver residents will be within a five minute walk of a natural space by 2020.

Who am I?
I am Becky Till, a CityStudio student working in collaboration with the City of Vancouver on Greenest City projects. I am also a person wondering what it really means to have access to nature.

What will all the participants and myself be doing?
Each participant of this challenge is going to "take a moment" in a "natural space" everyday for the next ten days (March 24th - April 2nd). We will all be posting reflections both written and visual to share what impact this commitment is having on us.

Why am I doing this?
Well, because I used eat blackberries on a forest path during my commute and now I try not to get hit by cars. I want to see if there is a bridge between my busy city life and my need to feel connected to nature. What does it mean to connect with nature in a city? Does it have the same impact as "wilder" nature? Will having more contact make a noticeable difference in my life? To broaden my conclusions I asked fourteen other people living in Vancouver if they could commit to "Accessing Nature" for 10 days straight too. They said yes.
It's on!

Thursday 29 March 2012

Gary - Reflections

One of the things I've noticed thus far is that I don't actually make a point of enjoying nature in the city. I do in the summer I guess, but this time of year my interactions with our city's green spaces are usually when I'm taking a shortcut to get somewhere else. Having noticed this, maybe I'll make a point of pausing my ipod for ten minutes and trying to notice the simple things around me. This blog has been good practice so far. Also, I bet this exercise would be easy for dog owners, they're forced to do this sort of thing already. I dunno, that's something that just occured to me. If you have no reason to do it, it's very easy not to notice all the nice little things around you. The following is only related to the topic at hand in the vaguest way, but it might be cool to see some of these in our city's parks:http://pinterest.com/search/?q=treehouses
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