Nature Connection, Hope, and Action | |
Growing Up Boulder is working with numerous partners to operationalize the concepts that GUB Co-Founder, Professor Emerita Louise Chawla, articulated in her article about nature connection, hope, and action. In collaboration with the City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks Department (OSMP), Classrooms for Climate Action, and Boulder Valley School Districts’s Columbine Elementary, GUB is building upon the successful integration of curriculum, outdoor learning and youth leadership & action (service learning + stewardship activities) learned from the 2021 GUB-OSMP Wood Brothers Project. Students will then have the opportunity to share their recommendations, either via the Right Here Right Now Global Climate Summit at CU on December 1-4, 2022 or by connecting in alternate ways with decision-makers. | |
Eco-Healing with Children and Youth | |
Inspiring Emotional Resilience through Wildfire Interpretation and Climate Action in the Wake of Boulder Fires | |
Growing Up Boulder is partnering with the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, Boulder Valley School District, and others to explore and enhance how connections with nature can help children and youth heal in the wake of Boulder wildfires. Building on recent research about nature, hope and climate action (see above), partners are engaging young people in developing recommendations for educational media and programming, service-learning opportunities, and small sustainable interpretive infrastructure in the Marshall Mesa and NCAR area.
GUB Senior Project Manager, Deryn Wagner and City of Boulder colleagues, presented at the Colorado Open Space Alliance on September 19 about this Eco-Healing project.
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Book Launch, Lecture, Model Building Workshop | |
On Monday, September 26 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, Growing Up Boulder alongside the CU Program in Environmental Design (ENVD) and the Center for Community Engaged Design and Research (CEDaR) will sponsor the Dream, Play, Build: Lecture and Workshop. Hosted in the Enviromental Design Building, Room 134 on CU Boulder Campus, longtime GUB partners, James Rojas and John Kamp, will launch their new Book, Dream, Play, Build (Island Press 2022) and celebrate the value of engaging the dreams we have for our community. Come see how Rojas and Kamp's approach, Place It!, effectively teases out community dreams and desires through hands-on activities. To learn more and register (space is limited), click here. |
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First Bite Restaurant Week | |
Explore Boulder Dining with Your Family | |
Growing Up Boulder is proudly partnering with First Bite and Meati to help families and restaurants create meaningful dining experiences for all ages. The Little Diners Program is launching with First Bite, happening September 30 - October 9 and will continue throughout the fall. Stay tuned for kid-friendly dining options, discussions about eating out with kids locally, and how restaurants, along with products like Meati, are working to change the way we eat to protect and preserve our planet. | |
Growing Up Boulder's New Bilingual Engagement Specialist | |
Image by Hailey Schnieders | | |
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I am from Venezuela, where I studied sociology, since I wanted to make a positive impact in the community. I have worked with many different populations to help build their skills for themselves, their families and their communities. Since 2018, I have been involved in many projects with El Centro AMISTAD, where we seek to increase equity and inclusiveness for the Latinx Community in Boulder. This mission will be complemented by my work at Growing Up Boulder, where I will support bilingual, bicultural projects for children, youth and families in a playful and enjoyable way. | |
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Growing Up Boulder's Vision and Mission | |
Growing Up Boulder's vision is to lead a global movement in child-friendly cities, resulting in more sustainable and equitable communities for all. Growing Up Boulder's mission is to offer young people opportunities to participate, deliberate, and influence local issues that affect their lives. | |
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