I am a walker and sometimes runner. Growing up in Wisconsin, my father and I would take long walks through neighborhoods. My father and I love architecture, and we would pick out our favorite houses and describe why it was our favorite. I suppose these walks were on par with green walking. What is green walking?
Sustainablog has a post up on green walking today. It is an entertaining read for me, because green walking is a no-brainer. I grew up green walking, although we called it just walking. I appreciate the sentiment and perhaps it does take some folks to be reminded of the joys of walking slowly and taking in the surroundings. Kudos to Sustainblog for writing on this activity.
But, it got me thinking about how foreign walking is to our society. In my town, if a person is walking from the grocery store they are not seen as green, but poor. My town is not pedestrian-friendly. Sure there are sidewalks, but they are not throughout the whole town. The same town I grew up in with my father was incredibly pedestrian-friendly. This was proven to me when I was in my early twenties. I had returned to my hometown for a wedding, and a friend and I literally walked from one end of town to the other end.
It took us two hours, but what a joy literally walking across town on sidewalks no less.
Sarah blogs at blogversary.
