Urbanization

Urbanization

22 Apr 2020
Youth Transforming Transit

Youth Transforming Transit

The benefits public transit can have on our youth, schools, and the community

18 Jan 2019
Plastic Grass isn't Greener

Plastic Grass isn't Greener

An exploration of the environmental and human health hazards of artificial turf
in our schools and communities

20 Jan 2017
Conservation Animation

Conservation Animation

Creating animated videos with high school students to encourage local conservation

19 Sep 2016
Wild in the City

Wild in the City

The importance of urban environmental exploration for students and teachers

5 Jul 2016
Fostering Youth Leadership in Urban Places

Fostering Youth Leadership in Urban Places

Building just and healthy communities requires trust in young people

5 Jul 2016
Venturing Beyond the School

Venturing Beyond the School

A curriculum of experiences in the world

18 Jan 2016
Feeling the Heat

Feeling the Heat

A student-centered approach to reducing the urban heat island effect on campus

10 Sep 2015
Inspiring the Bioregional Imagination

Inspiring the Bioregional Imagination

Deepening the connection to place through reading, writing and ecology

16 Jun 2015
From Blackberry Patches to Blacktop

From Blackberry Patches to Blacktop

The importance of bringing nature – and children’s connection to it – back to life

16 Jun 2015
Reading the World, Not Just the Words

Reading the World, Not Just the Words

Why it’s crucial to take students of all ages out of the classroom and into the community

30 Apr 2013
Community-Character Education

Community-Character Education

Exploring, defining and enhancing the visual environment of our communities.

30 Apr 2013
Good Design Matters

Good Design Matters

Growth is inevitable, but the destruction of community character and natural resources that too often accompanies it is not.

30 Apr 2013
Urban Gardening Renaissance

Urban Gardening Renaissance

Urban school gardens reach out to their communities and complement "green school" philosophy.

30 Apr 2013
Students as Town Planners

Students as Town Planners

A civic-based community-planning curriculum.

30 Apr 2013
Student

Student "Experts" in Community Character

An interdisciplinary unit for middle school grades.

30 Apr 2013
Do You See What I See?

Do You See What I See?

An activity to help students understand visual pollution and begin to recognize it in their environment.

26 Apr 2013
Localism as a Guiding Framework for Schools

Localism as a Guiding Framework for Schools

Placing more focus on local issues in educational programs can serve to deepen students’ understanding of global issues, and increase caring and enthusiasm for learning.

3 Apr 2013
Pedestrian City

Pedestrian City

Help middle and high school students investigate the walkability of their urban neighbourhoods to prepare them to become globally-minded and locally-engaged citizens with these 3 urban mobility activities.