English Archives - Galopin Playgrounds

Summer, Summer, Summer

by Galopín | Jun 27, 2023 | English, English, Uncategorized

Summer, Summer, Summer Summer has arrived and we have freed our children from school charges. Although many times for parents these dates bring numerous headaches as they have to take options to manage their children’s free time, it is true that holidays are...

Elan Vital

by Ricardo Cores | May 31, 2023 | English, English, Uncategorized

Elan Vital Nowadays it is normal to insist on unnatural topics. Human existence never lived so well; and at the same time, it was never so bad. Why? Bodily needs exceed survival, reaching the greatest natural anomaly ever known. In the words of Mises; “Irrational, it...

Sustainable Play – The 5R Framework Applied to the Playground Industry

by Linda Uittenbogaard | Apr 26, 2023 | English, English, Uncategorized

Sustainable Play – The 5R Framework Applied to the Playground Industry Without a doubt, sustainability has gained a lot of attention in the playground industry. Like in any other segment, it has been a hot topic, and therefore a lot of organisations come up with a new...

Autism and Play Spaces

by Daniel Carvajal | Mar 22, 2023 | English, English, Uncategorized

Autism and Play Spaces When we design a park, a public space or playground equipment, we are surrounded by numbers that we have to meet: the available square meters, the height of the playground, the budget and a multitude of standards and regulations that allow us to...

The Influence of Biophilia on the Well-Being of People in XXI

by Galopín | Feb 22, 2023 | English, English

The Influence of Biophilia on the Well-Being of People in XXI The term biophilia, contrary to what may seem, is not new. The first person to use it was, at the beginning of the 20th century, Erich Seligmann, analyst, social psychologist and humanist philosopher, who...

Consume Consciously and in Line With Our Values

by Galopín | Jan 26, 2023 | English, English, Uncategorized

Consuming Consciously and In Line With Our Values After such an important date as the Christmas season, maybe it would be good to review our values and analyse how we have acted on them during that period. It is true that we are bombarded from all sides with the...