We at the Fountain Creek Foundation
know from research and personal observation
that children and families are increasingly
disconnected from our natural environment.
This is because children and their
families spend so little time out-of-
doors. As a consequence, our environment
is being degraded and at risk. Our
national, state and local environmental
policies are not founded on personal
experience or knowledge with nature.
Our political, corporate and personal
attitudes and choices are proving
to be dangerously unsustainable.
The board of directors and
volunteers at the foundation support
the concept of Environmental Stewardship
Centers. This concept
was presented to us by landscape
architect Kevin Shanks and we fully
endorse these centers as a way
to educate and connect children
and families to our natural environment.
Environmental stewardship is the
principle we choose for careful and
responsible use and management of
air, land and water to protect and
promote healthy ecosystems now and
in the future.
The Fountain Creek Foundation has
an open dialog with property owners,
stakeholders, educators, politicians,
government agencies and others about
creating an Environmental Stewardship
Center along the Fountain Creek watershed.
We will keep our website updated
as this concept progresses. |
