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Matthews, Alysha D.; Costa, Guilherme Hebling; Erickson, Karl; Pfeiffer, Karin A.; Pearson, Amber L.; Dougherty, Benjamin V. – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2022
Greenspaces provide several well-being (Dinnie et al., 2013) and psychosocial benefits (Addy et al., 2004). Community-engaged research affords community partners a voice in the project (Cushman et al., 2004). This study assessed Detroit community members' perceived benefits of and suggestions for engaging with the community to support greenspaces.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Gardening, Public Opinion
Venessa Kelly; E. Brännlund – Irish Educational Studies, 2025
Increased scholarly and practitioner attention has been paid to community gardens and their potential impact on community building and sustainability, as well as a tool to combat the decline in physical and mental well-being connected to childhood obesity. Specifically, community gardens may play a role in on families' eating habits, and there is…
Descriptors: Gardening, Eating Habits, Community Programs, Parent Attitudes
Tsan-Yueh Zeno Hsiao – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present qualitative study aimed to investigate how school garden-based science pedagogy improves students' attitudes toward science learning, particularly in under-resourced urban school districts. The findings of this study suggest that the implementation of school garden-based science pedagogy can positively impact elementary students'…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Urban Schools, Science Instruction
Sadeghzadeh, Claire; Sheppard, Brett; de Groot, Juliana; De Marco, Molly – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
In North Carolina, rural communities experience high rates of chronic illness due to health inequities exacerbated by the decline of major industries. Community gardens increase access to fresh produce and opportunities for physical activity and may offer additional benefits. These benefits can be difficult to measure as they are often unplanned…
Descriptors: Gardening, Public Health, Program Effectiveness, Rural Areas
Malone, Melanie – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
Critical Physical Geography (CPG) emerged as a discipline around 2014 and has since excited many human and physical geographers, as well researchers in political ecology, geomorphology, science and technology, and environmental science whose research, critiques, and methodologies have formed much of the basis of CPG. However, because of its recent…
Descriptors: Physical Geography, Geography Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Conservation (Environment)
Tyner, Mekko; Azbell, Lacey; Coon, Bobbie; Moore, Mackie; Pembrook, Trent; Randall, Monte – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2019
Agriculture is a significant part of the culture and heritage of indigenous people. This is especially true for Mvskoke people. Today, the issue of sustainable food sovereignty embodies the roots of the College of the Muscogee Nation's (CMN's) mission and goals as a tribal college and land grant institution. The college utilizes a community garden…
Descriptors: Gardening, Community Programs, Tribes, American Indian Education
Griffin, Becky; Braman, Kris – Journal of Extension, 2018
Due to changing federal and state policy as well as increased community concerns about pollinators, assisting clients interested in pollinator health is taking more Extension agent time and resources. In addition, many gardeners tend to be beginners in need of support to recognize best management practices related to pollinating and beneficial…
Descriptors: Entomology, Gardening, Models, Program Development
Butterfield, Katie L.; Ramírez, A. Susana – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Background: Alternative food programs have been proposed as solutions to food insecurity and diet-related health issues. However, some of the most popular programs--farmers markets and community-supported agriculture--overwhelmingly serve White and upper-middle-class individuals, exacerbating food security and health disparities. One explanation…
Descriptors: Food, Gardening, Community Resources, Community Programs
Krebs-Moberg, Julia; Ormsby, Alison – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2019
Many counties of Western North Carolina have high levels of food insecurity that may be addressed by training communities to grow, prepare, and preserve their own food. A curriculum was developed and tested in 2016 at a Section 8 housing development in Polk County, NC. Research investigated successful community agriculture projects and assessed…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Food, Hunger, Gardening
Tumwebaze, Joel – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Nicaragua has a high rate of food insecurity determined by factors such as, poverty, employment, education, social capital and climate change. Home gardening and nutrition education can decrease food insecurity and improve community health. There is a need to evaluate garden-based nutrition education to determine its effectiveness in improving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gardening, Nutrition Instruction, Hunger
UNESCO Bangkok, 2021
This guidebook aspires to build a community where learning for sustainable development takes place everywhere for everyone as an ongoing practice. It introduces you to "Reflect-Share-Act," a process to discover and define sustainable development in your own contexts together with others in your community. The guide compiles resources…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Community Programs, Community Involvement
Kreski, Barbara – Journal of Museum Education, 2016
Research supports the common understanding that spending enjoyable time in nature is one of the most reliable ways of reducing stress indicators such as heart rate and blood pressure. This article describes a pilot program in which the Chicago Botanic Garden leveraged nature's stress-reducing qualities to complement a program for veterans in…
Descriptors: Veterans, Recreational Facilities, Stress Management, Community Programs
Rider, Carolyn D.; Linares, Amanda; Kao, Janice; Becker, Christina; Woodward-Lopez, Gail – Journal of Extension, 2020
Site-level assessment questionnaires (SLAQs) were developed to assess nutrition and physical activity practices and environments in schools and other places children spend time in order to facilitate program planning and evaluation. After expert panel review for content validity, questionnaires were feasibility tested by users in six schools,…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Nutrition, Physical Activity Level, Early Childhood Education
Pelosi, Ligia – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2015
What constitutes public pedagogy? The term is broad and can be applied in so many situations and settings to the learning that occurs outside of formal schooling. In this article, the author explores how a community event--a painting competition held in a Melbourne suburb's botanic gardens--constitutes public pedagogy. The event centres on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Community Programs, Painting (Visual Arts), Gardening
Jurow, A. Susan; Teeters, Leah; Shea, Molly; Van Steenis, Erica – Cognition and Instruction, 2016
Questions regarding what is consequential for communities are critical for the study and design of learning. Answering these questions requires knowledge of how the social world functions to make certain ideas, practices, and identities visible and potentially valuable. In our longitudinal, participatory design research project, we work with a…
Descriptors: Food, Public Policy, Agriculture, Social Change