Landscapes for Learning: Creating Outdoor Environments for Children and Youth

SHARON STINE is Professor of Landscape Architecture at the California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. She holds a doctorate in human development and a master's degree in landscape architecture and uses this dual focus in her research, writing, and design consulting. Environment behavior issues, particularly as they relate to children, youth, and sustainable design, have been a major focus of her career. Her work encompasses invited teaching, presentations, and research in Japan and Europe. A former faculty member at Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, where she taught, studied, and wrote about school environments (with Elizabeth Prescott and Elizabeth Jones), she is currently studying the social and cultural dimensions of the design of sustainable communities.