Parks for life : moving the goal posts, changing the rules, and expanding the field : essays on applied ethics for parks and recreation in the 21st century / Will LaPage.

Includes bibliographical references.

Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Prologue : Opening the floodgates of the possible -- pt. 1. Moving the goal posts -- Parks for life : an emotion-based park ethic -- Parks and peace : the need for parks in a crowded world -- Parks for hope : homeless and hopeless in the park -- Parks for health and happiness : an exercise in lateral thinking -- Parks for meaning : senior volunteers - working at their leisure -- Parks for discovery : the excitement of learning knows no boundaries -- Parks and civility : gifts of land and incubators of a civil society? -- Parks and pride : the land defines its people -- Parks and wonder : environmental interpretation and eureka moments -- Parks and sanity : parks and the American nature on the day after -- Parks and the purpose of life : the mountain as metaphor -- Parks for beauty in our lives : wilderness and cultural identity -- Parks for food and flavor : a taste of biodiversity for the world's pantry -- Parks for inspiration : artists, tourists, and the search for the elusive sublime -- Parks for creativity : conversations with creative people --

pt. 2. Changing the rules -- The art of park management : creative management for creative settings -- This I believe about parks : the belief-to-action connection -- Ethics and the health of public park systems -- The carry-out, leave-no-trace, tread lightly, litter-free world of parks -- Parks and simplicity : the shrinking outdoor recreation opportunity spectrum -- The language of public finance : a true parks confession -- The ethical case for fees as dedicated park income -- General funding for special places? : self-funding state parks -- The real costs of deferrals : the un-greening of America's best idea -- Parks and the ethical use of power -- Training for park professionals : ethics, norms, and paradigms -- Beyond principles : exploring the ethical foundations of interpretation -- The ethical interpreter : conscience, courage, and loyalty at the intersection -- Parks and sacred sites : the third way of thinking -- Parks and wildlife : thinning the herd - diluting the image --

pt. 3. Expanding the playing field -- Toward a more perfect union : partnering, a legacy, and an imperative -- Inviting involvement : tapping into the energy of partnerships -- Parks, paradoxes and partnerships : the search for logic in the parks -- Thinking outside the paradox : a new century and a new ethic -- Afterword : A park is how society writes its poem on the land -- Source notes -- For further reading.

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