Launch of Open-Source Hub of DIY Playground Design

 
MELBOURNE, Australia - Oct. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Global nonprofit Playground Ideas has equipped more than 950 schools and communities in impoverished places around the world to build stimulating play spaces with only local materials, giving over 450,000 children access to play. On September 30, Playground Ideas launched its new website, a from-the-ground-up rebuild of how they work.

www.playgroundideas.org is a open-source hub of DIY playground design and a global network of play advocates. The site hosts over 150 playground element designs with step-by-step building instructions, a suite of playground building manuals including a pictorial representation of international safety standards, and a database of playground projects around the world. The new site allows users to crowdfund for their projects directly on the site. In addition, the new site hosts a library of play advocacy resources, highlighting the importance of play for healthy child development, and the potential of early play experiences to break cycles of poverty. In the coming weeks, the Playground Ideas will be releasing two new manuals and a groundbreaking research report on the long term impacts of play.

Playground Ideas began in 2007, when founder Marcus Veerman was asked to build a playground in Thailand. Over the course of 2 years a group of volunteers, builders, and artists constructed 40 playgrounds along the Thai-Burma border. They began documenting their designs and best practices online, and Playground Ideas was born.

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