Open Streets + Student Leadership: Youth Engagement to Extend Events into Habits
What is really needed to permeate the culture of a school community is the energy, enthusiasm and creativity of student leaders.
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“Student Involvement is the Way to Go”
FAST (Facilitate Active School Travel) is Urbanthinkers’ guided approach to reducing vehicle-trips to school. It's based on authentic...
Engaging and Empowering Youth Leaders*
*From a paper in the ALAR Journal Vol.11 No. 1, April 2006 (Action Learning Action Research) based on a presentation at the ALARPM Annual...
Celebrate your birthday as a Day of Action*
*reprinted from an article in June 2002. This year, I asked my family to stay out of their cars on my birthday - and then tell me about...
Community in a Bus*
It's because we don’t have a car. We take the bus a lot. It takes a busload to raise a child.
Time for the Train: Long Distance Climate Action
Travelling long-distance by rail can be a spectacular, productive and relaxing journey with a far lower carbon footprint than flying.
Invest Younger to Cultivate 10-year-old Climate Action Leaders
Not only for the planet, but also for their own emotional wellness (excerpt from presentation at 5th Urban Economy Forum + 59th ISOCARP...
Ladder of Authentic Student Engagement in SRTS
After only a few years of daily commuting to school, students as young as 10yo can become informed problem-solvers.
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