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Saturday, June 20, 2009

After School with Livable Streets Education

by Robin Urban Smith on June 20, 2009

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This spring, Livable Streets Education worked with teacher Tim Devaney at De La Salle Academy in Manhattan to bring real world issues into the classroom and the classroom out into the real world.  This afterschool program allowed students to explore, observe and interact with the streets and public space around their school, and provided first hand lessons in science, sustainability, civics and language arts.  Get in touch to bring Livable Streets Education to your school, public event or other great venue for livable streets learning.

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    Urbaknight

    This is a great way for kids to learn about their city outside of the classroom. It would be great if this lesson could be spread to all of NYC's public schools. I suggest takign this lesson to my former h.s., the High School for Environmental Studies in mid-town.

    June 22, 2009 at 9:29 am Link # 1
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    Quikboy

    Nice video. Too bad such solutions wouldn't work in suburban NW Harris County (outside of Houston, TX) where it's all roads, and no bike lanes, sidewalks, or public transit. Just drive and drive and litter.

    June 23, 2009 at 3:42 pm Link # 2