Jackie Ostfeld

Watch our virtual storytime and Q&A event with Ambreen Tariq, author of the new picture book Fatima's Great Outdoors! Hosted by the Outdoors Alliance for Kids and Penguin Kids.

Despite its challenges, 2021 was a transformative year for expanding equitable access to nature and building an outdoors that is truly for everyone. Many of those victories were due in no small part to the work done by Sierra Club’s Outdoors for All campaign.

One program brings our national parks into reach for millions of youth. Since 2015, the Every Kid Outdoors program has offered free entry to more than 400 national parks and public wilderness areas for all fourth graders and their families. It enables every fourth grader, regardless of ability to pay, the opportunity to build a direct connection with nature.

Sunshine and 80 degrees in Washington, DC – you couldn’t have asked for a better day to talk about the importance of nature. After a two-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids’ (OAK) annual OAK Week relaunched in person on Tuesday.

Every year, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids hosts a week of advocacy events in D.C. to push for more equitable access to the outdoors for children and families across the country. As our membership and participation increases, it is heartening to see the event grow each year, with 2023 being our biggest one yet.

For many families around the country, dangerous heat and air quality are an everyday reality. They deserve greenery

OAK Week kicked off on the first day with nearly 100 advocates attending, including more than 20 youth leaders from across the country, including California, Michigan, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

In the midst of another divisive election year, the outdoors continues to be a unifying force and a bright spot in a challenging landscape. Campaign Director Jackie Ostfeld looks back on Outdoors for All's 2024 accomplishments.

The Trump administration is using the government shutdown as cover to dismantle the agencies that safeguard our public lands

Nature is calling, but our kids are wearing noise-canceling headphones. We can help them listen.