http://dirt.asla.org/2011/03/31/taking-nature-to-the-city/ Uniting the Built & Natural Environments Fri, 17 May 2013 22:43:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dirt.asla.org/2011/03/31/taking-nature-to-the-city/#comment-6352 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:16:39 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=6960#comment-6352 Is this just another new term for an existing discipline like ‘Landscape Urbanism’ or is it another naive call for ‘more nature’ saying it benefits people when it does not really consider people other than as statistical or numerical evidence for advancing its own cause? I need to read it before I’ll know but I have my doubts…. Donovan Gillman

]]> http://dirt.asla.org/2011/03/31/taking-nature-to-the-city/#comment-6335 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:06:01 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=6960#comment-6335 One way we can foster a new generation of biophiliacs is to design and install green schoolyards at all K12 schools. As Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson and others have often remarked, it all starts by creating a bond between children and the natural world. This bond motivates the learning process and in the end creates stewards of the Earth. This is especially important for city folks because they will be voting on issues that support sustainable environmental practices. An eight year old will vote in 10 years. There are active systemic green schoolyard programs in Boston, NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, Washington DC, Houston, Buffalo, Forth Worth, Los Angeles and beyond. These outdoor classrooms are exposing kids to nature and teachers tell us that student engagement is off the charts. For more information visit the Green Schoolyard Network at
http://greenschoolyardnetwork.org

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