Years." Children, Youth and Environments 17 (2). Pevec, I. (2005). "Book Review: Gaining Ground." Children, Youth and Environments 15 (2). Pevec, I., (2003). "Ethnobotanical gardens: celebrating the link between human culture and the natural world." Green Teacher, 70, 25–28. Pevec, I., (2000). "The Spirit of Nature: The Grandview/U'uqiank'uuh Public Art Project", British Columbia Art Teachers' Association, 40 (2), 19–24. Books Pevec, I., (2016). Growing a Life: Teen Gardeners Harvest Food, Health, and Joy. New York: New Village Press. In Growing a Life: Teen Gardeners Harvest Food, Health, and Joy (New Village Press, October 2016), Pevec interviews over 80 youth gardeners from Colorado, New York, New Mexico and California-based school gardening programs to investigate whether gardening affects at-risk teens' affective states and improves their ability to focus, their eating habits, and/or their environmental awareness. Awards 2001: Creating Healthy Communities for Children and Youth: Canadian National Award for the Grandview Spirit of Nature Gardens and Programs, Society for Children and Youth 2001: Environmental Stewardship for the Spirit of Nature Garden, British Columbia Landscape and Nursery Association 2006–2006: Doctoral Excellence Fellowship at the University of Colorado at Denver 2006: Lynda Simmons Award for Service to Youth, presented by the Children, Youth and Environment Center for Research, University of Colorado at Denver 2006: Outstanding Student Award: Research and Creative Activities Symposium, University of Colorado at Denver for research project by graduate students (Children's Guide to Active Living: Participatory Action Research) References 1948 births Living people Marylhurst University alumni University of British Columbia alumni 21st-century American writers 21st-century American women writers Brazilian writers Brazilian women writers