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For the past 12 years Growing Up Boulder was聽a part of聽蜜桃传媒破解版下载's鈥燙ommunity Engagement, Design and Research (CEDaR) Center. Now one of the most鈥痵uccessful child-friendly city initiatives in the world, GUB is聽transitioning to an independent聽nonprofit, a model for how the聽university聽can develop, nurture and then spin off聽nonprofit聽activities.
In February 2021, Louise Chawla, CEDaR fellow and professor emerita in the Program in Environmental Design, was invited to give an opening speech for a weeklong Festival of Early Infancy (birth to 6 year olds) in the city of Strasbourg, France on the topic of 鈥淐onnecting Children with Nature to Foster Wellbeing and a Caring Relationship with the Natural World.鈥
In an interview with Colorado Public Radio, hear Mara Mintzer, director of Growing Up Boulder, speak about the creation of the聽nation's first "child-friendly city map."
Greater Good magazine talks with Mara Mintzer, director of Growing Up Boulder, about how GUB incorporates children鈥檚 ideas into city planning for friendlier, greener and more inclusive spaces.
"Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities," which was聽released Sept.聽17聽by New Village Press, was written by three women with strong ties to 蜜桃传媒破解版下载's聽Community, Engagement Design and Research Center (CEDaR).
Sidewalk Labs looks at how North American cities are turning to a suite of planning and design innovations to keep families. This includes Boulder, Colorado, where Growing Up Boulder asks kids themselves what they want, and the city incorporates its tiniest residents' ideas into transportation and other municipal plans.
Colorado MetroLab, a partnership between 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing Boulder's University Hill area.
Growing Up Boulder and the city of Boulder, Colorado, are actively involving all stakeholders to make it a child- and youth-friendly city.
BikeLife Boulder looks at a partnership between Growing Up Boulder and GO Boulder that gives teens a voice in shaping transportation improvements in the East Arapahoe corridor.
