College of Architecture and Planning University of Colorado Denver

About Learning Landscapes

• Learning Landscapes Fact Sheet (with grant information)
• Learning Landscapes Fact Sheet (general)
• Learning Landscapes brochure for schools - A Quick Guide to Keeping your Schoolyard Beautiful!
• Learning Landscapes Bio
• Lois Brink Bio
• LiveWell Westwood Grant, LiveWell Colorado

Press Releases

• Denver's Learning Landscapes Recognized for Excellence in Getting Kids Active and Playful, October 07 2009
• Study receives $3 million NIH grant to look at the effect of Denver's redevelped schoolyards on childhood obesity, September 17, 2009
• Learning Landscapes program receives additional LiveWell funding, May 8, 2009
• Learning Landscapes Receives "Entrepreneurial American Community Award", April 8 2009

Press

• 2010, April: @ the Forefront, Colorado School of Public Health, Healthier schools one playground at a time
• 2009, September: UCD Newsroom, Learing Landscapes receives $3 million grant from NIH to study the effect of schoolyards on childhood obesity
• 2009, October: Denver Hearld Dispatch, Playground expanded to 'learning landscape'
• 2009, October: Denver Public Schools Communications Office, DPS Continues to See Savings for Taxpayers in Bond Program.
• 2009, October: UCD Advocate, Play: Cure obesity on the merry-go-round
• 2009, October: Denver Herald Dispatch, Community plants a learning landscape
• 2009, September, Lakewood Edge, Bear Creek students plant garden, reap knowledge
• 2009, May: Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Matters, Lois Brink interview with Ryan Warrner (click to listen)
• 2009, April: 9News, Students dig in dirt for knowledge
• 2008, November: 9News, DPS bond promises $29 million for playgrounds
• 2007, December: UC Hospital News, Playground Renovations Linked to Children's Physical Activity
• 2006, June: UC News, University of Colorado College of Architecture and Planning Attracts $2.5 million Gift
• 2004, November, Denver Business Journal, Designscapes thrives as industry wilts
• 2004, November, UT Wildflower Magazine, Nature and Nurture 
• 2003, September, Rocky Mountain Exposures, Building Schools & Communities Through Play
• 2000, October: Rocky Mountain News, From barren to beautiful

Media/Videos

• Learning Landscapes YouTube Page
• Learning Landscapes Overview Video
• Learning Landscapes, New Orleans, Dr. Martin King Jr. Charter School Video

Publications

• Creating Child Friendly Cities: The Case of Denver, Lois Brink, et. all.
• Rethinking Playgrounds for Physical Education - A Preliminary Evaluation of Policy, Design Standards, Curriculum, Risk Management, and the Built Environment on the Physical Activity of Children at Three Denver Public Schools, Bambi Yost
• Understanding Your Community: The Key to Building an Impactful, Sustainable Coalition, LiveWell Colorado
• Transforming Inner-City School Grounds: Lessons from Learning Landscapes, Field Report by Bambi Yost and Lois Brink
• Linking Play and Learning: A School-Community Partnership Inspries Civic Leaders, Play Matters: A Study of Best Practices, KaBoom
• Heery's 4th Annual Education Summit, Learning Landscapes: Transform Denver's Playgrounds

Links

• Lois Brink Bio, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Urban Play Studio, Denver Public Schools Learning Landscapes
• Design Concepts, Denver Public Schools Learning Landscapes
• Design Concepts, Learning Landscapes Brochure
• Design Scapes, Learning Landscapes
• Christopher Hoy Design Group, Learning Landscapes
• Great Greants and Initiatives, Gates Family Foundation, Learning Landscapes
• Partners for Liveable Communities, Entrepreneurial American Cities Award, Learning Landscapes