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Jan '18

A Living Library Is Cultivating The Human & Ecological Garden: Bonnie Ora Sherk’s Multimedia Installation at Nevada Museum of Art On View Now Through January 21 !

Bonnie Ora's installation at Unsettled Exhibition

Visit the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada to see the Exhibition ‘Unsettled’ and view Bonnie Ora Sherk’s new multimedia installation aligned with color, light and the polar directions — A Living Library Is Cultivating The Human And Ecological Garden.

The ‘Unsettled’ Exhibition (August 26, 2017 – January 21, 2018), curated by Joanne Northrup, Senior Curator from the Nevada Museum of Art, shows work of artists from the Greater West from Alaska to South America. Please visit to see this futuristic artwork on A Living Library as a planetary genre before it closes on January 21. (more…)

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A.L.L. Pedagogy, Art, Landscape Architecture, & Systemic Design

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Dec '17

A Living Library Seen Through The Eyes of Children From Canadian International School of Milan, Italy

Bonnie Ora with a student from Canadian International School of Milan

On a bright and sunny October morning (October 09, 2017) in Milan, Italy, a group of enthusiastic students from the Canadian International School of Milan gathered to participate in a Workshop on A Living Library with Bonnie Ora Sherk. This Workshop, and two others with different classes of students that morning, was organized by Afterschool Italy, a learning program helping children to speak and communicate in English, through various teaching approaches and art activities. (more…)

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A.L.L. Pedagogy, Art, Landscape Architecture, & Systemic Design, International Branch Living Library & Think Parks

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Dec '17

Transformation Of James Denman Middle School Rear Yard From Gray To Green Expands OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park

Barren concrete Rear Yard of James Denman Middle School

What does it take to transform a barren concrete desert into a vibrant garden of colors? It took a Master Plan developed by Bonnie Ora Sherk, a SF Community Challenge Grant from the San Francisco City Administrator’s Office, a great contractor to remove tons of asphalt and concrete, and teams of enthusiastic students and volunteers to move soil and start planting an ecological wonderland, transforming the formerly barren, dull, and lifeless Rear Yard of James Denman Middle School, in just a couple of months. (more…)

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Islais Creek Watershed, OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park

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Dec '17

Now Accepting Applications For A.L.L. Green Futures Paid Internship For Middle School & High School Students – Spring 2018 !

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A Living Library is looking for 20 exceptional Middle School & High School students to join its A.L.L. Green Futures Paid Internship Program as A.L.L. Eco-Stewards for the 2018 Spring Semester. Immerse yourself in a hands-on program that integrates many positive ecological disciplines into two-hour sessions, three times a week! Whether you’re getting your hands dirty at one of the OMI/Excelsior Living Library Think Park’s Gardens, or learning about the latest organic edibles, the experiences that A.L.L. Eco-Stewards learn will stay with them for a lifetime. Earn community service hours or a monetary stipend by participating in the Program.

Application to A.L.L. Green Futures Internship - Spring 2018

Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays: 3:30-5:30 p.m., January 9-June 5
Located at OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park
Limited to 20 participants

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A.L.L. Pedagogy, Islais Creek Watershed, OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park

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Dec '17

Bernal Heights Living Library & Think Park Nature Walk Update

As we were finishing our planting and plant establishment activities with our California Strategic Growth Council Grant, the Bernal Heights Living Library & Think Park Nature Walk continued to grow and thrive, as we planted, weeded, and watered, thus accomplishing much more to beautify the diverse parks, schools, and street environments of the neighborhood. This Grant has made a huge impact on this community by transforming formerly disconnected and uninteresting areas into new places of beauty and health for all species.

Bernal Heights Living Library & Think Park Nature Park

During this period, we had the great support of San Francisco Recreation & Park Department Apprentices – very hard workers - who were able to make many additional California native drought tolerant understory plantings as well as accomplish other plant establishment activities including mulching many areas in St. Mary’s and Holly Parks.