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Berkeley, July 21, 2011\u2014Around the globe schools are tearing up their cement yards and replacing them with green gardens. Schools in many different countries are leaders in this field, finding innovative ways to weave curricula into their landscapes, diversify their recreational offerings, enhance their local ecology, and reflect their unique location and cultural context. The first international green schoolyard conference to celebrate and exchange ideas will be held this fall, September 16\u201318<\/em>, in Berkeley and San Francisco, California. The conference\u2014Engaging Our Grounds<\/strong>\u2014is being organized by New Village Press<\/em>, Architects\/Designers\/Planners for Social Responsibility<\/em>, San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance<\/em>, and Bay Tree Design, inc<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreen schoolyards improve the local environment and profoundly change the way students experience the world,\u201d explains conference director Sharon Danks. Engaging Our Grounds will include presentations by visionary leaders of the green schoolyard movement from around the globe, a resource and networking fair, and tours of outstanding local school grounds including Alice Waters\u2019 famous Edible Schoolyard. The conference will discuss the latest trends and innovations, case studies, best practices, and creative thinking in urban green schoolyard environments for education, sustainable schoolyard design and maintenance, curricula, advocacy, and funding partnerships.<\/p>\n

Keynote speakers from Sweden, Canada, Germany, England, Japan, and the United States will address a variety of topics. Children\u2019s outdoor experiences in urban environments will be presented by Dr. Petter \u00c5kerblom, a landscape architect from Movium\u2019s Centre for Urban Public Space and the Swedish University of Agricultural Science. Cam Collyer of Evergreen\u2019s award winning Learning Grounds, will show how educational institutions can green their grounds. Participatory schoolyard redesign will be covered by Manfred Dietzen, an advisor for ecological, participatory schoolyard redesign for Berlin. Additional speakers include Mary Jackson and Julie Mountain from UK charity, Learning Through Landscapes; Dr. Ko Senda of the Environment Design Institute in Tokyo, who is known for making vibrant play environments for urban children; Bernard Spiegal, the principal of Playlink, a London-based consultancy on play policies and strategies; and Birgit Teichmann of Teichmann Landschafts Architekten in Berlin, who has set the bar in Europe with her work in ecological, educational, and communal ventures.<\/p>\n

Given excellent local examples to supplement the presentations, conferees will visit San Francisco schools that have undergone dramatic changes over the last decade, transforming their traditional, paved, urban schoolyard into vibrant outdoor learning and play spaces. Conference attendees will also visit three inspiring sites in Berkeley\u2014the Edible Schoolyard, the City of Berkeley\u2019s Adventure Playground, and an elementary school with a community-created green schoolyard.<\/p>\n

Conference registration is open to the public, and special pricing will be in effect until the end of July. For conference details and registration, visit the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About the Conference Hosts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architects\/Designers\/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR)<\/a>
\nADPSR is a national nonprofit organization, working for peace, environmental protection, ecological building, social justice, and the development of healthy communities. ADPSR programs aim to raise professional and public awareness of critical social and environmental issues; further responsive design and planning; and honor persons and organizations whose work exemplifies social responsibility.<\/p>\n

New Village Press<\/a>
\nNew Village Press is a public-benefit publisher specializing in works about grassroots community building, urban ecology, and community cultural development. The press publishes progressive non-fiction that offers useful solutions to critical social, environmental, and economic challenges. It is a division of ADPSR.<\/p>\n

San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance<\/a>
\nSince 2001, the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance has spearheaded the effort to transform San Francisco\u2019s paved school playgrounds into vibrant green schoolyards and educational spaces. These environments increase students\u2019 desire to learn about the world around them, improve students\u2019 academic achievement, foster the next generation of scientists and environmental leaders, and promote students\u2019 health and well-being.<\/p>\n

Bay Tree Design, inc.<\/a>
\nBay Tree Design, inc., is a women-owned landscape architecture and planning firm in Berkeley, California whose work seeks to create beautiful, functional spaces that reflect ecological design principles, green building practices, and edible and native planting palettes.<\/p>\n

Conference Director Sharon Gamson Danks<\/strong> is an environmental planner and founding partner of Bay Tree Design. She has visited and documented over 175 green schoolyards in North America, Europe, and Japan, and has facilitated the master planning process for dozens of ecological schoolyards. She is the author of Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation (New Village Press, 2010).
\nInterviews available to the media upon request.<\/p>\n

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