{"product_id":"building-playgrounds-engaging-communities","title":"Building Playgrounds, Engaging Communities","description":"We accomplish extraordinary things when we do ordinary things together. This heartfelt and hopeful conviction led LSU professor Marybeth Lima to begin the LSU Community Playground Project as a way to involve her students in the larger Baton Rouge community. Fifteen years and over seven hundred students later, \u003ci\u003eBuilding Playgrounds, Engaging Communities\u003c\/i\u003e tells the remarkable story of the Playground Project's ongoing partnership with area public schools to design and build safe, fun, accessible, kid-designed playgrounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLima's experiences with the Playground Project range from outright failures to hard-won victories. Overcoming the challenges of working with scarce resources and persevering despite many setbacks, Lima and her students succeeded with hope, humor, and dedication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding Playgrounds, Engaging Communities\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes the major impact people have when they work together for the common good- whether by building playgrounds, establishing neighborhood gardens, or participating in honest, respectful conversations. To this end, Lima provides an appendix with practical advice for local engagement. People wanting to make a difference in their communities can use this book as a road map; those active in long-term endeavors will draw on it for ideas and inspiration.","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807681724760,"sku":"9780807149805","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780807149805.jpg?v=1778679961","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/building-playgrounds-engaging-communities","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}