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The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy’s mission is, in partnership with the City of Pittsburgh, to improve quality of life for the people of Pittsburgh through restoration, revitalization, stewardship, and creation of a sustainable, integrated, excellent system of urban parks and green space.

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on April 27, 2011 at 12:46 am | Reply Colette Kooper

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on October 15, 2012 at 7:21 am | Reply jamienj

Hi Marijke,

I just read your inspiring article in Community Works Journal. I was particularly drawn to your comments about the power of reflection after doing great environmental work. Would you be willing to share some of your prompts for that?

Over the past 2 years my students have been identifying and documenting native and invasive plants (using the Vital Signs protocols) in a state park here in Maine. We then cleared out bittersweet in one small location, and have now researched and planted (! last week!) 50 native plants in the area. Its awesome – we’re all pumped and proud of ourselves .

We’ve done some reflection all along the way, but I totally agree with you that meaningful reflection is KEY to this project having a long term impact on them as people and as stewards.

I’d love to see what you came up with to inspire thoughtful reflection .

THANKS!

Jamien
Science Teacher at Friends School of Portland, Falmouth Maine

jamien@friendsschoolofportland.org
on October 15, 2012 at 11:52 am | Reply Marijke Hecht

Hi Jamien,

I will send you a list of prompts to the email you provided in your comment.

You are doing great work with your students and we love seeing others acknowledge the power of reflection in the learning process.

Keep up the amazing work!

Best,
Marijke