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Mar '18

A Living Library Transforms Grey to Green At James Denman Middle School

Life Frames, Inc. and A Living Library, led by Bonnie Ora Sherk, have been working with teams of enthusiastic students and volunteers from Salesforce to transform the dull, grey, concrete and asphalt Rear Yard of James Denman Middle School into vibrant California Native Learning Zones with trees and understory plants of many colors and textures.

Enjoy this short video documenting the work in progress thus far, and see the drawing showing the new site plan. There is, however, still much to finish, including planting of a Redwood Circle. So stay tuned to see more about the creation of this new ecological wonderland !

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

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Feb '18

A Living Library Offers A.L.L. STEM + Literacy & Green Skills Job Training For Youth !

A.L.L. STEM + Literacy, Green Skills Job Training Youth Programs Incorporate Common Core Next Generation Science Standards Plus Literacy & Math

We are looking forward to continuing these school and community learning programs and we need YOUR SUPPORT. In advance, THANK YOU for your generous contribution to help support our ground-breaking, evolutionary work !

Posted by Pushpanjali Roy in
A.L.L. Pedagogy, Bernal Heights Living Library Nature Walk, OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park, Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park

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Jan '18

A Library Library Goals for 2018

A.L.L.'s Goals for 2018

2017 was another remarkable and productive year for Life Frames, Inc., non-profit sponsor of A Living Library, with relentless efforts to bring ecological greening across many environments of New York City and San Francisco while educating children, youth, and adults about natural systems and the importance of integrated diversity through Learning by Doing. For those who missed our 2017 In Review Enewsletter, click here to know more about all the work we accomplished last year.

As the first month of the brand new 2018 goes by, Bonnie Ora Sherk, Founder & Director of Life Frames, Inc. & A Living Library, shares A.L.L.’s Goals for this year: (more…)

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A.L.L. Pedagogy, Art, Landscape Architecture, & Systemic Design, Bernal Heights Living Library & Think Park, Bernal Heights Living Library Nature Walk, International Branch Living Library & Think Parks, Islais Creek Watershed, OMI/Excelsior Living Library & Think Park, Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park

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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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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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