The daily physical activity of walking or cycling to school contributes to a healthy lifestyle that studies show can decrease the risk of obesity, diabetes and some cancers - and it also reduces harmful emissions in areas where children spend much of their outdoor time, which can reduce risk of respiratory illnesses. Full News: Through a national program of Green Communities Canada, parents were asked how they got to school when they were children, and how their children get to school. A whopping 41% of today’s students arrive in personal vehicles when only 13% of their parents did, making access to schools unsafe, increasing caustic vehicle emissions and preventing children from a chance to cut sedentary time and increase the daily physical activity they need to live longer, healthier lives. To learn more about the results from this national project, as well as ways to increase physical activity in children and youth during their trips to and from school, click here. A video highlighting the summary results can be found here: vimeo.com/42496911 Yukon elementary school children were surveyed in Spring 2011, Fall 2011 and Winter 2012 to see how they get to and from school, and how that might change through the seasons. To view the results of this surveying, click here. For more information on increasing activity levels during the trip to and from school, go to: http://www.saferoutestoschool.ca/ For information about active travel to school in the Yukon, contact stp@rpay.org

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