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Candid interviews with teens from disadvantaged neighborhoods, plus supporting studies, show how gardening programs grow healthier minds bodies and communities. Part engaging conversation, part comprehensive fieldwork, Growing a Life demonstrates just how influential educational and community garden...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pevec, Illene, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [New York, NY] : New Village Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gardening > Psychological aspects.
Gardening for teenagers.
Community gardens.
Adolescent psychology.
GARDENING > General.
Jardins communautaires > États-Unis.
Adolescents > Psychologie.
Jardinage > Aspect psychologique.
Jardinage pour adolescents > États-Unis.
Psychology, Adolescent
Community gardens > United States.
Gardening for teenagers > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Candid interviews with teens from disadvantaged neighborhoods, plus supporting studies, show how gardening programs grow healthier minds bodies and communities. Part engaging conversation, part comprehensive fieldwork, Growing a Life demonstrates just how influential educational and community gardening programs can be for young teens. Follow author Ill?ne Pevec as she travels from rural Colorado to inner city New York, agrarian New Mexico to Oakland, California, in order to study youth gardening and the benefits it contributes to at-risk teen lives. Extensive research, supplemented by beautifully candid interviews with students, illustrate the life altering physical and mental benefits that mentored gardening programs can provide. Giving readers the opportunity to examine the largely unexplored topic of urban gardening, the programs discussed present models for future educational and community based gardens. Each destination brings with it an abundance of programs geared toward educating teens by giving them the tools they will need in order to have fruitful futures. With an emphasis on positive psychology, Growing a Life delves into the minds of underprivileged teens and what gardening means to them.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (407 pages).
Premios:Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2018
ISBN:9781613320471

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