Monthly Archives: November 2012

Summer Job

Posted on November 21, 2012 | Leave a comment

For part of the summer 2012, I had the great honor of working at the UBC Farm. I worked at FarmWonders, the summer camp that runs out of the Children’s Garden. It was quite the experience! Being at the Farm all day everyday was a treat, what a beautiful place to spend the months of good weather.

We did a lot of cool activities with the campers that were meant to engage them with the food system at the Farm. We visited the chickens, prepared a harvest lunch, made jam, built forts in the forest, picked raspberries, the list goes on and on.

Campers getting a tour of the Farm

Campers petting the chickens

Campers and a volunteer washing potatoes for Friday lunch

Photo credit: UBC Farm facebook page

 

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Sustainable Urban Design

Posted on November 13, 2012 | Leave a comment

I’m in ENDS 221 this term, or Sustainability by Design. It’s about urban planning and design and how we can create sustainable communities by changing our built urban environments. We had a lecture last week about a planning project that is happening in Edmonton. They are trying to convert an old airport site to a new neighborhood. It’s one of the most ambitious sustainable community projects ever! It was really neat to learn about. The best part was that they’re going to design a neighborhood around people growing their own food! The neighborhood is called the “Agrihood.” It’s a pretty cool idea. I would love to help them design a community around food and gardens.

The group that is doing the plan is called Perkins+Will. Check our their Edmonton project, or just peruse their site. They’ve done a lot of projects that we would all recognize.

http://www.perkinswill.ca/work/edmonton-city-centre-airport-lands.html

Here are some pictures of the Agrihood.

 

 

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