JOHN W. VICK AND CAROL NORTON ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE CENTER: SERVING EPA REGION 4 CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MAN

1. URBAN AND COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE: SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLYARD DESIGN AND A FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY JOHN W. VICK AND CAROL NORTON ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE CENTER: SERVING EPA REGION 4 CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE http://cepm.louisville.edu/

2. WHO WE ARE • Center for Environmental Policy and Management at • the University of Louisville houses the U.S. EPA funded • Environmental Finance Center serving Region 4. • Interdisciplinary Across the University • EFCN National Network of University Centers • EFAB Expert Witness to Agency WHAT WE DO • Environmental Policy Analysis, Technical Assistance, and Education • WHO WE SERVE • We serve state and local officials, public agencies and institutions, and community-based organizations.

3. HOW WE DO THE WORK: • Practice Guides in the Area of • Environmental Policy and Sustainability • Policy Reports and Handbooks • Public Engagement and Education • Workshops Conferences Webinars Speaker Series • Web-based and Electronic Resources: • Website • Guides and Reports free to the public • Kentucky Food Trader • News letter • Task Force and Committee Memberships • Air Pollution Control Board Task Force • Climate Change Committees • University Sustainability Business and Operations Committee • Louisville Metro Health and Wellness Food In Neighborhood Committee

4. Areas of our work Urban agriculture Safe soil Schoolyard design

5. Urban agriculture and safe soil

6. URBAN AGRICULTURE AND SAFE SOIL Building on our experience: 2005 EPA k6 Brownfields Technical Assistance Grant Park Hill Corridor Area Wide Planning Process Greening the Corridor: KEY COMMUNITY DRIVEN GOAL 2009 Schoolyard/Garden Design Guides Schools want gardens, environmental classrooms, and interaction with local residents. 2011 Brownfields and Urban Agriculture: Interim Guidelines for Safe Gardening A process and set of recommendations for developing agricultural reuse projects on sites with an environmental history.

7. TOOLS FOR COMMUNITIES: Linking research to education and practice Urban Agriculture and Soil Contamination: An Introduction to Urban Gardening Practice Guide #25 Establishing Urban Agriculture in Your Community: What You Need to Know Before You Get Your Hands Dirty Practice Guide #27 Safe Container Gardening Practice Guide #28 Schoolyards as Resources for Learning and Communities: A Design Handbook for Kentucky Schools

8. Urban Agriculture and Soil Contamination: An Introduction to Urban Gardening Allison Houlihan Turner, West Chester University • Topics covered • Dangers and Sources of Soil Contamination • Discussion of Acceptable Levels of Contamination • Soil Testing: Collection Strategies & Sampling Procedures • Exposure to Soil Contamination: Sources & Effects • Determining & Implementing a Sampling Strategy and General Collection Procedures • Soil Testing Costs • Determining Land Use History • Soil Testing Laboratories • How to Evaluate Soil Test Results • Questions to ask in Determining Remediation Options • Physical and BiologicalSoilRemediation Techniques • Non‐remediation Options • Urban Agriculture Best Practices

9. Establishing Urban Agriculture in Your Community: What You Need to Know Before You Get Your Hands Dirty Allison Houlihan Turner, West Chester University • Topics covered • Definitions of Urban Agriculture and Why it is Important • Socio‐economic and Environmental Impacts • Discussion of General Obstacles to Urban Agriculture that are: • Site‐related , Government‐related, Procedure‐related , and Perception‐related. • A Special Set of Obstacles: The Limited Presence of Community Development • Corporations in Urban Agriculture • Land Constraints to Urban Agriculture and Planning Factors that Reinforce Constraints

10. Safe Container Gardening John W. Vick and Joshua Poe, University of Louisville • Topics Covered • Defining container gardens and why they are not always safe • Soil contamination: arsenic, lead, others • Soil testing and remediation • Safety of materials: wood, rubber, metal, others • Organizational policies • Recommendations for safe materials and practices

11. Schoolyard design

12. Source: City Solutions Center Schoolyards as Resources For Learning and Communities: A Design Handbook for Kentucky Schools CEPM/EFC4Collaboration with The City Solutions Center at UofL Winner of Best 2010 Project from the Kentucky Chapter of the American Planning Association Source: City Solutions Center

13. Schoolyards as Resources For Learning and Communities: A Design Handbook for Kentucky Schools • Topics Covered • importance of schoolyard redesign • national examples of schoolyard redesign successes • elements of schoolyard designs • community engagement • implementation • case studies • benefits of schoolyards Boston Schoolyard Initiative outdoor classroom at Gardner Elementary School. Source: City Solutions Center

14. design elements to consider • outdoor spatial design • accessibility • materials • environmental influences • plant material selection

15. A community-based redesign process • role of community engagement • why • how • connections to environmental education beyond the school • stages of a community-based design process • inventory • analysis • synthesis • how to implement: safe soil considerations, stewardship, and maintenance Source: City Solutions Center

16. schoolyard redesign benefits • educational • public health • environmental • social • financial • resources for teachers and administrators • safe soils: assessments, testing, and cleanup • gardening and environmental curriculum resources • financial resources: private and public

17. CONTACT JOHN W. VICK, M.S. john.vick@louisville.edu CAROL NORTON, AICP carol.norton@louisville.edu Please visit us at: http://cepm.louisville.edu/ Center for Environmental Policy and Management/EFC4 University of Louisville