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Author: Sharon Danks

Sharon Danks

Sharon Danks is the Founder of Green Schoolyards America and author of Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation. She is one of the world’s leading experts on living schoolyards, and was recently the keynote speaker at the opening session of the 2018 Green California Schools and Community Colleges Summit.

Sharon Danks is the Founder of Green Schoolyards America and author of Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation. She is one of the world’s leading experts on living schoolyards, and was recently the keynote speaker at the opening session of the 2018 Green California Schools and Community Colleges Summit.

Articles by Author: Sharon Danks

Green schoolyard at Golestan Education in Berkeley, CA

A Vision for Green Schoolyards Across California

Posted By  Sharon Danks
  • ON November 14, 2018

This interview originally appeared in Green Technology Magazine and was republished with permission. Sharon Danks describes the benefits that transforming schoolyards as public resources can bring to students, teachers, and communities. I was wondering if you can tell me what...

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