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Of Plastic and Playgrounds: Re-Thinking the Relationship Between Work, Recreation, and the Environment

Vermont Law

Summary: This EcoPerspective takes a critical look at the indirect effects of outdoor recreation on the environment. Large numbers of people are inspired through recreation and related activities to protect the wild and untrammeled places left in the world. But recreation, in itself, has its own environmental consequences. The desire alone to protect these natural playgrounds does very little to address the greater environmental harm that results from work and other day-to-day activities. _.

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