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5 Developing a safe human-powered mobility network.

6 Fostering Outdoor Citizenship and engagement with the natural world.

The OO’s initiatives will need to include ones that immediately benefit residents, as well as long-term sustainable action plans. A dynamic and healthier Outdoor Citizenry will be an important byproduct of the OO’s longer-term impact, as will turning the city into a full Outdoor City. The results will improve residents’ health and quality of life, and the environment will be protected. There will also be a ripple effect in things like voter participation, philanthropy, and volunteer service. As the effectiveness of the OO’s work becomes increasingly noticeable, I expect the person’s department will grow in size and other cities will appoint their own OOs.

Restoring Green Spaces

We should look for ways to green our cities, to make them more sustainable, and to create stronger natural ecosystems. One way to do this is by cleaning and replenishing spaces that were formerly green spaces, but today house abandoned buildings or landfills, the results of urban sprawl. Over the years, developers have cleared land of stone, soil, and trash to build warehouses, offices, and housing, moving the stone, soil, and trash to create landfills on coastlines, wetlands, forests, and marshes. Tragically, the landfills often contaminate water supplies and aquifers, and the tremendous latent power the land had for disaster reduction and recovery is depleted.