If you are not a Facebook user or haven’t had a chance to look over the great outdoor learning resources we’ve assembled from around the Internet, take a gander at the following list–all resources posted to the GROW Facebook page over the past year! If you have something to add, get in touch!
Teacher Resources
Community Building
- “Food for Thought: An Actor’s New Role … In the Grocery Store
- Ron Finley: A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA (TED Talk)
- Seeds of Change
- Washington DC Unveils an Ambitious, New Sustainability Plan
Schoolyard Greening/Outdoor Learning
- San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance (video)
- Voices from the International Schoolyard Movement by the International Schoolyard Alliance (video)
- Build that Playground Yourself
- Success Through School Food and Beyond
- On Risk, Playgrounds, Growing up to be Capable
- Children’s Risky Play from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Anit-Phobic Effects of Thrilling Experiences
- Islington Council Unveils Risk-Focused Approach to Play
- Pathways to Green Schools
- Natural Play in Schools
- Place-Based Education: Connecting Classroom and Community by David Sobel
- Indoor Education for Outdoor Learning: What is Wrong with this Picture
- Play Systems Thinking
Obeseity Prevention
Psychology
- Looking at Nature Makes You Nicer
- The Link Between Kids Who Walk or Bike to School and Concentration
- The Weather Up There
- Put Down the IPad, Lace Up the Boots
- Using Widlerness Therapy to Enhance the Quality of LIfe for Homeless People
Gardening
- How to Make Cheap Garden Beds-mobility-impared.html?
- SPIN Makes Agriculture Accessible to Anyone, Anywhere
- How to Build a Drip Irrigation System for Under $100
Healthy Food
- The Locavore School (UW CALS)
- Let’s Eat for $7.70: Become fast friends with Slow Food UW Cafe
Madison Area GROW Coalition 