Partners for Active Living's name is synomous with our work - partners are essential!
Click on the name or logo to visit their website.
Resources
Childhood Obesity:
Safe Routes to School
www.nhtsa.gov/ChildPedestrianSafetyCurriculum Pedestrian safety curriculum
Bicycling Info and "Ready-to-Use:"
www.mapmyride.com Find a friend's established bike route, or map your own and save it for others to use!
www.peopleforbikes.org Sign the pledge to use your bike more often on this website, an initiative of Bikes Belong.
www.probicycle.com This interactive site provides unusual news, fun pictures, quotes and other interesting information about cycling from around the world.
www.1world2wheels.org Link to the Go by Bike Challenge: pledge a specific amount of your weekly mileage to travel by bike instead of by car!
www.bikeleague.org The League of American Bicyclists advocates for biking and sustainability. Also, connect to other official "Bike-Friendly Communities" like Spartanburg!
www.bikesbelong.org Bikes Belong provides grants, promotion and support for getting communities more active.
Walking "Ready-to-Use" and Resources:
www.startwalkingnow.org This is the American Heart Association's campaign to get people walking for cardio vascular health.
www.walkscore.com Provide an address and category for your destination; this site will tell you how far away it is. You can also add destinations to the list!
www.mapmyrun.com Map the distance of your running route, for training or recreation purposes. Save it to use another time, or let others use it too!
www.mapmywalk.com Trace your recent walks around the neighborhood or to a destination and save it for later or for someone else to use.
www.2milechallenge.com This site is sponsored by CLIF Bar; enter an address and see a map of its 2-mile radius. Search within that area for coffee shops, bookstores and other fun destinations!
www.americawalks.org Connect to other walking advocates and helpful resources for increasing pedestrian traffic.
www.walk21.com With a focus on the 21st Century, Walk 21 provides resources for building more sustainable and walkable communities.
www.saferoutesinfo.org Find info here about the National Center for Safe Routes to School. Help your children, grandchildren, friends or neighbors find a safer and more fun way to get to school!
Research and Professional Resources:
www.peoplepoweredmovement.org Webpage of the Alliance for Biking and Walking; includes access to 160 member organizations that advocate to biking, walking and creation of healthier communities.
www.apbp.org Are you a professional in the field of active living? Would you like to know more about those who are? Connect to the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals here!
www.ccheonline.org Communities Creating Healthy Environments provides access to health foods and safe places to play for underserved communities.
www.activelivingresources.org The Active Living Resource Center provides research and technical resources for active living and active community creation.
www.bikewalk.org Link to The National Center for Bicycling and Walking, part of the larger Bicycle Federation of America, Inc.
www.pedbikeinfo.org Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center links to specific Walking Info Center and Bicycle Info Center with technical assistance, training and events.
www.preventobesity.net Free online services and networking site for organizations working to prevent and reverse the childhood obesity trend.
International:
www.globalbike.org GlobalBike is a Spartanburg based non-profit that focuses on solving problems in the third world with bicycles. Join their philanthropic efforts or support their cycling team, TeamGlobalBike!
www.liveablecities.org An international effort to create more compact, walkable, safe and mixed-use neighborhoods, towns and cities.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Connections:
www.rwjf.org Home of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
www.reversechildhoodobesity.org The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity is a leader in the fight against this growing epidemic.
www.leadershipforhealthycommunities.org Connect to policy makers to create community strength through access to healthy food and active living!
www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org Support community-based efforts to prevent childhood obesity.
www.healthyeatingresearch.org RWJF site connecting cutting-edge obesity prevention research to community action.
