Sharon Gamson Danks

Sharon Gamson Danks is an American environmental planner and landscape designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area known for her advocacy of environmentally friendly schoolyards.[2][2][6][7][8][9] She has designed schoolyards with blooming gardens, shaded ponds and nature trails.[10][11] Danks published Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation, a book which serves as a "guide for transforming the traditional school ground’s slab of asphalt into edible gardens",[3] and is considered as an educational resource for school teachers.[1][12][13] It received an American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Award for Communications in 2012.[4][5]

Sharon Gamson Danks
NationalityAmerican
EducationPrinceton, BA 1993[1]
Alma materBerkeley MA, 2000
OccupationCity planner
Years active16+
Known forAsphalt to Ecosystems[2][3]
AwardsASLA 2012[4][5]
Ashoka fellowship (2017)
Websitewww.greenschoolyardsamerica.org

References
  1. Nov. 17, 2010, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation By Sharon Danks ’93, Accessed June 16, 2014
  2. October 13, 2010, Amanda Marrazzo, Chicago Tribune, Nature's classroom: Eco-friendly schoolyards a space for teaching everything from poetry to nutrition, Accessed June 16, 2014, "...schoolyards are perfect settings for composting, learning about insects...."
  3. February 27, 2011, Clearing Magazine, Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation, Accessed June 16, 2014, "..transforming the traditional school ground’s slab of asphalt into edible gardens,..."
  4. Nicholas Pevzner, Aug 28, 2012, Scenario Journal, Landscape Urbanism Wins ASLA Communications Honor Award, Accessed June 16, 2014, "..ASLA’s awards... Sharon Danks’s wonderful book Asphalt to Ecosystems..."
  5. American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), 2012, 2012 Professional ASLA Awards, Accessed June 16, 2014, "..Sharon Gamson Danks, ASLA..."
  6. Anita Merina, National Educational Association, Dreaming of School Gardens? Forget the polar vortex, ice, sleet, and snow. It’s time to talk about seeds, soil, science, and school gardens., Accessed June 16, 2014, "..says Sharon Danks, author of Asphalt to Ecosystems..."
  7. Elizabeth Manning, October 2011, Alaska Fish & Wildlife News, Schoolyard Habitats Inspire Outdoor Learning, Accessed June 16, 2014, "...Sharon Danks’ book about schoolyard habitat projects are so awe-inspiring.."
  8. Sarah Elton, Nov. 21 2013, The Globe and Mail, A look at five schools that are taking learning back to nature , Accessed June 16, 2014, "..says Sharon Danks..."
  9. 9 March 2011, School Garden Weekly, Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation, Accessed June 16, 2014, "..Danks takes readers on a tour of successful green schoolyards..."
  10. Soumya Karlamangla, Staff Writer, February 24, 2011, Daily Californian, Green Playgrounds Spring Up Around Bay Area, Accessed June 16, 2014, "...Sharon Danks, a Berkeley-area environmental planner..."
  11. Stevanne Auerbach, PhD, September 26, 2011, Berkeley Daily Planet, [Green Schoolyards: Creating A Greener Generation http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2011-09-27/article/38471?headline=Green-Schoolyards-Creating-A-Greener-Generation---By-Stevanne-Auerbach-PhD], Accessed June 16, 2014, "...As conference director Sharon Danks writes .."
  12. EE Week, EE Week Suggested Reading for Educators: Sharon Danks Archived 2014-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed June 16, 2014, "...A resource for educators interested in designing and building natural schoolyard environments.."
  13. Elizabeth Cooper, January 30, 2011, Vermont Today via the Rutland Herald, Learning outside of the box Archived 2015-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed June 16, 2014, "..Sharon Danks, author of “Asphalt to Ecosystems.” ..."
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