The Children, Youth and Environments Network

The CYE Editorial Team joins in sincere solidarity with the children, youth, and families of Minnesota, and all communities impacted by the traumatizing violence carried out by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). CYE is dedicated to bridging theory, research, practice, action, and policy related to protecting children’s environments and promoting their well-being and participation. We are deeply concerned about the significant impacts on children, youth, and families' health, well-being, and human rights, and join the National Association for the Education of Young (link in comment).

To support children, youth, and their families in Minnesota, visit

Stand With Minnesota Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Congratulations to the Preservation Parks of Delaware County - the winner of the 2025 Ohio Parks and Recreation Association Governor’s Award for the Braille Trail at Hogback Ridge Park in Sunbury: the only known Braille Trail in central Ohio!

Developed in partnership with Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, the American Council of the Blind of Ohio Sports & Recreation Committee, and the Sunbury Lions Club, the Braille Trail reflects collaboration, creativity, and resourcefulness. In addition to the trail itself, the project also includes the park district’s first family-style accessible restroom with an adult changing station and a 3D tactile map at the trailhead. These achievements remove barriers and set a new standard for accessibility, allowing all visitors to listen to the forest, feel the bark of a shagbark hickory, and explore the tactile shape of Ohio’s state wildflower, the trillium.

https://www.opraonline.org/News/32879/Preservation-Parks-of-Delaware-County-Wins-2025-OPRA-Governors-Award

🌍📘 New Issue Out Now!
Volume 35, Issue 3 brings together global scholarship on children’s learning and play environments. Explore research on child-centered design, resilience, and voice; field reports on equity-focused, participatory methods; and a review of Born to Play. Happy reading!

https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/56064

Call for Photo Essays! 📸

CYE’s special issue on Children & Climate Change is still accepting abstract submissions, due August 30!

We’re seeking powerful photo essays that capture how climate change shapes children’s lives, environments, and everyday acts of resilience. Final essays will include 10–12 original photos.

👉 Don’t miss this chance to share your visual story, submit your abstract here: https://forms.gle/vpmA8HXHx9kw6UDPA

🌟 New Special Issue Alert! 🌟

We’re excited to announce the latest special issue of Children, Youth & Environments: Contemporary Issues in Designing for Play, featuring scholarship from the International Play Association 2023 Conference.

Inside you’ll find research and field reports exploring how memory, culture, tools, and design influence play—from caregivers’ childhood memories shaping play spaces, to innovative toolkits for nature play and accessibility, to children’s own visions for adventurous and inclusive neighborhoods. Reports from around the world highlight creative approaches to play design, education, and practice.

Together, these contributions call us to view play design as a collective, ethical, and interdisciplinary process—one that values both child and adult perspectives while addressing inequalities and imagining bold futures for play.

👉 Read the full issue here: https://muse-jhu-edu.uc.idm.oclc.org/issue/55417

A Call for a Special Issue: CYE invites abstract submissions for a special issue exploring the profound relationships between children and climate change through photo essays.

Special Issue Call | Cyenetwork Climate change is reshaping children’s lives in complex ways, affecting their health, well-being, education, and sense of security while also transforming the places they grow up in. From extreme weather events to slow-onset environmental changes, children experience climate change firsthand, and ...

We are delighted to announce that the latest issue of CYE has been published!
https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/54737

https://www.edra.org/general/custom.asp?page=edra56

Studies show that regular physical fitness enhances students’ well-being and attentiveness in the classroom.

This infographic illustrates how green schoolyards can increase physical activity in children by offering a variety of play options that engage children of varying fitness levels, ages and genders.

Check out the full infographic on this topic, and many others, in our Research Library!
https://bit.ly/48yGLW8

Children, Youth and Environments exhibit in CECH Library | LiBlog Children, Youth and Environments exhibit in CECH Library Posted on November 7, 2024 by Katie Foran-Mulcahy Join us in celebrating 40 years of Children, Youth and Environments (CYE) with a special exhibit in the CECH Library, inviting you to explore the journal’s mission to foster inclusive, susta...

Handbook of Early Childhood Education for Sustainability
Call for Chapter Proposal Abstracts

Professor Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér (Mälardalen University, Sweden), Professor Victoria Carr (University of Cincinnati, United States) and Dr Sue Elliott (University of New England, Australia) have been invited by Bloomsbury Publishers to be lead editors of the first handbook on early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS).
Please see the linked PDF for more info:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:ce3a2dd9-c640-4353-b696-cfd82d537dce