Walking and the environment 17 Articles

by Cicely Richard

Walking was once just a way for people to begin an exercise program or for city dwellers without cars to get around. Now, because of high gas prices, many people have either gotten rid of their cars or limited the use of t...read more

by Raye Hodgson

Walking and the Environment In the U.S., walking and the environment have changed since the arrival of Europeans a few hundred years ago. Of course, we still put one foot in front of the other when we walk, but the frequ...read more

by CPage

Everyone can recall at least one memorable walk they've taken. You might recall a forest walk along a tumbling stream or silent plodding through new snow as a child. Maybe your walk was long and hard, climbing upwards to...read more

by Wendy Lafond

Walking used to be considered just a pass-time or an exercise for the older, more fragile members of society. Not any more. Walking is now considered to be an expression of environmental awareness and energy conservation. ...read more

by Ligel David

If we take the time to think back to the age before cars, or look around at the other living things in the environment, like all animals, we can take note and follow suit. Our ancestors walked everywhere to get where they...read more

by Adewale Olowode

Walking is an everyday manual activity performed by man using a combination of the skeletal and muscular systems. It is manual in the sense that it is performed without the assistance of a machine- just the body set forwar...read more

by George Leard

Walking and the Environment There is a chemistry between walking and the environment that can generate exponential benefits to our societal growth and sustenance. When people walk they inhale oxygen and exhale carbon di...read more

by Connie Diaz

When faced with the question: How is walking better for our environment? I am struck by the absurdity of the question. Obviously, walking is better for our environment. If more people walked then we would create less o...read more

by Rosemary Redfern

Walking is a way of helping ourselves, a selfish reason; but it can also help the environment by not using up materials we cannot replace and it does nothing to damage the atmosphere in the way of pollutants. The environm...read more

by Mary Teresa Fowler

Have you ever seen the Norman Rockwell painting of the old grandfather and the young grandson gazing out at the ocean? They are accompanied by the ever faithful canine of the family. Grandpa has his walking stick and his r...read more

by Carol Sampson

With all the fuss about global warming, the last thing that most of us think about is the warmth of a brisk walk at 7:30 a.m. Most of us assume that the only way to help the environment is by reducing the amount of pollut...read more

by Michelle Wilkinson

The environment and sustainability are very much on the political agenda at the moment. Politicians have woken up to the fact that the environment is a topic which resonates with virtually everyone as the melting polar ice...read more

by Brandon Davis

Walking is an excellent transportation option: it's environment-conscious, healthy, inexpensive, and physically liberating. We have freedoms on foot that cannot be enjoyed in vehicles. Driving limits us to the road and it...read more

by Barb

Walking and checking out the environment where you live, if you checkout the environment, you may notice many aspects of your community you never knew before. Around Tea Tree Gully you are very lucky because in the article...read more

by Brandi Buchman

Alas, the beauty of a nice long walk. That is, until you find yourself living in a place where public transportation seems to be a concept too futuristic and unknown for your local authorities to muster up. Such is the ca...read more

by Phil Bilzon

"Today I have grown taller walking with the trees." Karle Wilson Baker We all know that exercise is good for you. And walking is probably the easiest form to get into. But did you know that walking plays a part in he...read more

by Phil Hill

As a society, we have become extremely lazy. We have become reliant on machines to do things for us. We are quite content to jump (slowly and unenergetically) into our car to travel the few hundred yards to the local store...read more