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Hi Sharon! I just caught your wonderful Q&A on Grist/Onearth. It's truly terrific and very helpful (I resisted writing "concrete"!) Lovely that you referenced Richard Louv. I hope your wonderful book is being well received. We featured the article on the C&NN home page. Please keep us posted on your book and work. Cheers!

 

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Hi Sharon

Oh I'm jealous! I've yet to meet Cam Collier but I spent a wonderful afternoon 2.5 years ago in Toronto with the Evergreen team who showed me their work. It's also good to know that Sue Humphries is getting out and about. After her years of incredible work at The Coombes School, it's good to see international recognition coming her way. She and Sue Rowe have a book that's due to be published in Spring 2011. I think this will be an interesting read - I first heard about The Coombes School when I picked up a book called "The Creative School" several years ago.

On that note - your own book is now available in the UK via Amazon. I have to apologise for not reviewing it yet - it is so clearly a labour of love and passion as well as a really useful reference. I really like the fact that you've got photos and examples from many different countries. I felt compelled to lend it to a nursery I've been working with as it hit the right note, last week. As it stands, I think you've produced a book that will be recognised as a milestone within the world of schoolyard design and change.

Enjoy your weekend!
Juliet

Hi Sharon and thanks for joining the Natural Teachers Network. You have much to share with our educators on how to connect kids to nature in their everyday lives. I see Juliet has connected with you, so you are connected to the world. Your book sounds terrific. You might want to connect with Dr. Herb Broda, author of Schoolyard Enhanced Learning. Herb is co-editor of our new Newsletter that will be coming out soon. He is a new convert to social media but is a member of this Group site. We are going to try to get Herb to start a Natural Book Club to discuss books of interest related to children and nature. Others will lead discussions as well. Thanks again for your participation and dedication to children. John

News does travel fast and all the Learning Through Landscapes folk know. It's actually been ages since a UK book on school grounds was published (I know you are from the US, but it's made me aware of this), aside from pre-school outdoor play spaces. Thanks for feedback on my blog. Very selfishly, it's a source of reference for me that's easy to access.

All the best with your work and may the book sell far and wide across the globe.
Juliet

Hello Sharon! I just joined this network and wanted to congratulate you for your book. I hope someday I will be able to buy it on internet somehow! I work in a special education school in San Jose costa Rica and the book would be so useful to improve the sensory gardens we have! I hope to hear from you. I tried to leave another message before this one, but I did not do it right I think.