{"id":582770,"date":"2010-05-28T10:30:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T14:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.epa.gov\/blog\/?p=3135"},"modified":"2010-05-28T10:30:50","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T14:30:50","slug":"be-out-there-%e2%80%93-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/582770","title":{"rendered":"Be Out There \u2013 Safely!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3138\" title=\"Dont\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.epa.gov\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Dont.jpg\" alt=\"Dont\" width=\"250\" height=\"128\" \/>Hi! I\u2019m Anne Keisman and I work on the Be Out There campaign at the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). Sometimes I can\u2019t believe my luck \u2013 every day I am tasked with coming up with new ways to inspire people \u2013 especially parents and children &#8212; to go outside and play. I\u2019m excited to partner with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sunwise\/dfd.html\">Don\u2019t Fry Day<\/a> to spread the word about sun safety. At NWF, we love to promote the positive side of the sun. It helps green things grow, keeps animals warm, and lets us see the world around us.<\/p>\n<p>And children love the sun too. From the moment they can wield a crayon, plump yellow suns show up in their drawings \u2013 right next to the fluffy white clouds!<\/p>\n<p>But &#8212; like many things in nature &#8212; the sun can be dangerous if we don\u2019t take precautions. If you know the facts about protecting your family, you won\u2019t have to be anxious when your family heads out to the beach or the park.\u00a0 Once you\u2019re protected from UV rays, pledge to spend more time outside with your family. Kids today spend twice as much time indoors as their parents did, missing out on the simple pleasures and lasting mental and physical health benefits of daily outdoor time.<\/p>\n<p>NWF recommends that parents give their kids a &#8220;Green Hour&#8221; every day &#8212; time for unstructured play and interaction with the natural world. Be Out There\u2019s practical tools for families, schools and communities make being outdoors a fun, healthy and automatic part of everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>Stumped for ideas for outdoor fun? Check out National Wildlife Federation\u2019s Summer Guide and our Green Hour activities for great tips for your family.<\/p>\n<p>And on June 26, camp under the stars \u2013 in your own backyard! Join the Great American Backyard Campout.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun in the sun!<\/p>\n<p>About the author: Anne Keisman is Senior Associate Editor for the Be Out There Campaign at the National Wildlife Federation. Follow her at www.twitter.com\/greenhour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I\u2019m Anne Keisman and I work on the Be Out There campaign at the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). Sometimes I can\u2019t believe my luck \u2013 every day I am tasked with coming up with new ways to inspire people \u2013 especially parents and children &#8212; to go outside and play. I\u2019m excited to partner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}