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GUB Director Mara Mintzer presented to the National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative, which supports schools and districts nationwide to develop outdoor spaces as cost-effective tools for keeping schools open during a pandemic.
Early-childhood experts often like to say that a child’s environment is one of their most important teachers. But what can our built environments learn from children? In this "Raising Curious Learners" episode of "Britannica for Parents," Mara Mintzer, co-founder and director of Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, discusses the importance of involving young people in the city planning process.
In an interview with Colorado Public Radio, hear Mara Mintzer, director of Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, speak about the creation of the nation's first "child-friendly city map."
KGNU has a live conversation about a new, first in the nation, printed child-friendly city map that’s helping kids learn how to navigate their way around ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.
Working with about 700 ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ elementary students and two ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ environmental design seniors, Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has created a new, child-friendly map of the city.
Kids in ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ will now be able to navigate around town thanks to the first ever child-friendly map, a map made for kids, by kids.
Celebrate Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's 10th anniversary and the launch of the nation's first child-friendly map.
Sidewalk Labs looks at how North American cities are turning to a suite of planning and design innovations to keep families. This includes ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Colorado, where Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ 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 CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and Colorado city governments, organized a design workshop where CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ environmental design (ENVD) students, neighborhood residents and elementary school students gave their ideas for revitalizing ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's University Hill area.
Second-grade English language learners from Whittier Elementary saw their suggestions for upgrading the HOP bus implemented, their input made possible through the CEDaR program Growing Up ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ (GUB), a youth-friendly initiative.