Book List #2

Books about Green Schools and Green Education

Bucklin-Sporer, Arden, and Rachel K. Pringle. How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers. Portland, Or: Timber Press, 2010. Print.

A practical guide to creating a school garden offers strategies, lesson plans, to-do lists, design plans, and recipes to help teachers, parents, and administrators transform a neglected play space into a beautiful and nourishing outdoor classroom.

Christopher, Todd. The Green Hour: A Daily Dose of Nature for Happier, Healthier, Smarter Kids. Boston: Trumpeter Books, 2010. Print.

Offering families fun ways to explore nature, the book is a field guide to outdoor adventure--offering activities, fun facts, science lessons, and practical advice for engaging children in outdoor nature play that presents teachable moments and open-ended exploration of the natural world.

Danks, Sharon G. Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation. Oakland, CA: New Village Press, 2010. Print.

"Case studies from North America, Scandinavia, Great Britain, and Japan demonstrate natural outdoor learning and play environments that support hands-on interdisciplinary lessons and expand the possibilities for schoolyard recreation, while nurturing healthy imagination and socialization"--Provided by publisher.

Keeler, Rusty. Natural Playscapes: Creating Outdoor Play Environments for the Soul. Redmond, Wash: Exchange Press, 2008. Print.

Louv, Richard. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Chapel Hill, N.C: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008. (available in print and ebook format)

Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists to find ways for children to experience the natural world more deeply.

Pollan, Michael. Second Nature: A Gardener's Education. New York, NY: Grove Press, 2008. Print.

As Pollan meanders through a year of gardening and philosophy, he describes his efforts to garden five acres of a rocky hillside in Connecticut.

Sobel, David. Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities. Great Barrington, MA: Orion Society, 2005. Print.

Stone, Michael K. Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability. Healdsburg, Calif: Watershed Media, 2009. Print.

"Describes strategies for greening the campus and the curriculum, conducting environmental audits, rethinking school food, and transforming schools into models of sustainable community."--Cover.

Stone, Michael K. Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 2007. Print.