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2010, February: Denver Students Earn Prizes for Healthy Choices. Channel 7 News.
2010, February: Michelle Obama's anti-obesity plan feels at home in Colo. Written by Jennifer Brown.
2009, September: Learning Landscapes receives $3 million grant from NIH to study the effect of schoolyards on childhood obesity.
2009, October: Denver Herald Dispatch, "Playground expanded to 'learning landscape'". Written by Joshua Cole.
2009, October: Denver Public Schools, "DPS Continues to See Savings for Taxpayers in Bond Program".
2009, October: UCD Advocate, "Play: Cure obesity on the merry-go-round". Written by Lydia Hooper.
2009, October: KaBOOM!, "Denver's Learning Landscapes recognized for excellence in getting kids active and playful". Press release.
2009, October: Denver Herald Dispatch, "Community plants a learning landscape". Submitted by Pat Smid.
2009, October: Denver Public Schools, "DPS Celebrates Walk to School Day".
2009, October: The Mayfair Mirror, "A New Playground for Palmer!". Written by Scott Babcock.
2009, September: UC Denver Newsroom, "$3 million NIH grant to study effect of new playgrounds on obesity". News release.
2009, September: Denver Post, "Kepner Middle School students minding their peas and cukes". Written by Kristen Browning-Blas.
2009, September: Denver Public Schools Newsroom, "DPS Celebrates Colorado Proud School Meal Day". News release.
2009, August: Channel 4 News, "New School Program Counts, Rewards Walkers," features a LiveWell Westwood program, Mustangs on the Move.
2009, July: El Seminario, "Westwood's extreme playground makeover". Written by Cristina Frsquez.
2009, May: Denver Business Journal, "Kaiser draws upon its resources to create a better community". Written by Ryan Peacock.
2009, May: UC Denver Newsroom, "Learning Landscapes program receives additional LiveWell funding". News release.
2009, April: 9 News, "Students dig in dirt for knowledge". Written by Nelson Garcia. Click here to watch the video.
2009, April: Denver Public Schools Newsroom, "Learning Landscapes Receives 'Entrepreneurial American CommunityAward'". Press release.
2008, November: 9 News, "DPS Bond Promises $29 Million for Playgrounds." Click here to watch the Channel 9 News Video.
2008: Rocky Mountain News, "Denver Public School bond issue improvements." Interactive Map.
2008, October: Rocky Mountain News, "Question 3A seeks $454 million to improve schools." Written by Nancy Mitchell.
2008, Fall: E dible Front Range, "Serious Fun: Kids Learn "Slow Food" Fast." Written by Joslyn Green.
2008, August: Landscape Architecture "Too Cool (Just) for School." Written by Daniel Jost
2008, August: Landscape Architecture " Land Matters." Editorial written by J. William Thompson.
2007, December: UC Denver Newsroom, "Playground Renovations Linked to Children's Physical Activity". News release.
2006: think:lab , considering the future of learning and the environments that shape educational engagement.
2006, July: The Toronto Star, "Injecting Life into Barren Schoolyards." Written by Christopher Hume.
2006: Urban Land Institute, "Learning Landscapes Transforms Denver Playgrounds."
2005, August: District Administration - The Magazine for K -12 Education Leaders, "The End of Recess" Written by Ron Schachter
2005, April 20: Rocky Mountain News, LEARNING LANDSCAPES; EXTRA! Written by
2005, March: The Denver Post, "A Plea for Play." Written by Jenny Deam.
2004, Fall: Wildflower Magazine, "Nature to Nurture" written by Julie Bawden Davis
2003: Learning by Design, "Grounds for Learning: Hope for America's Derelict School Yard." Written by Chery Corson.
2003: Rocky Mountain Exposures, "Building Schools and Communities Through Play" written by Bambi Yost
2002, September 18: Rocky Mountain News, "Playground has Kids Flying High" Written by Vladimir Kovaley.
2002, August 21: Rocky Mountain News, "School Backers Want Break from Drought Rules" Written by Holly Yettick.
2002, August 12: Denver Post, "Playground Project Swings High" written by Cindy Brovsky
2000, October: Rocky Mountain News, "From Barren to Beautiful." Written by Lisa Ryckman.