URBAN GARDENS
| Mission: | To green our cities with Urban Gardens and to collaborate and give support to urban garden growers! |
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| Founder: |
 Nicole sorochan,
Victoria |
| Description: | "Urban landscapes are often viewed as barren and cold scenes of concrete, asphalt and glass. They are portrayed as the opposite of the rural pastoral setting, rich in vegetation and greenery. However, in the biggest city, in the tiniest apartment, there exists the possibility to reconnect with the natural world through gardening. Your urban home or apartment does not have to exist as a lifeless box of concrete. Nor do you have to give up the advantages of a big-city metropolitan lifestyle to take pleasure in the joys of gardening. Whether you plant herbs in a window box, maintain a large flower garden in your backyard, or grow veggies in a local community garden, you can garden in the big city. Additionally, the simple act of planting a small flower garden, a tree, or vegetables helps the environment and instills more pride in your community. Even if you aren’t an avid gardener, you can still get involved in local gardening and urban agricultural projects such as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Urban gardening and urban agriculture are ideas that are becoming increasingly important as our world becomes more urbanized and developers transform agriculturally fertile lands and open spaces into sprawling suburbs. This site is dedicated to those environmentally-conscious urban dwellers who want to create a green corner devoted to nature in their own home, or who want to support community-based gardening or agriculture projects in their neighborhood. " (Source: http://www.urbangardeninghelp.com/) |
| Details: | Benefits of community /urban gardens: * Gardens help people to reclaim their neighborhoods turning filth into beauty * Vegetable gardens produce fresh, organic and delicious food * Gardens provide daily recreation and social interaction for retirees * Gardening gives kid and young people a productive, educational and confidence-building activity * Community gardens reflect the cultural identity of the people who create them |
| Tags: | urban city gardening community garden greening |
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Videos
Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship
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Planet 100: Uncovering Urban Farming
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Connected to: Organic Farming Water Impacts Green Gardening Buying Green Green Innovation Direct Action URBAN GARDENS
Building the Green Economy: The Food Industry -Some Startling Statistics
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The Che Bus at the Anti-COP space for COP 16
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Dr. Andrew Weil on pesticides in our food
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EnvironmentalWG | 29 April 2010 | Dr. Andrew Weil, renowned medical expert on natural health and wellness, tells why and how he uses the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists from EWG's Shoppers Guide......
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11 Year Old Activist, Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system
TEDtalksDirector | 30 November 2010 | http://www.ted.com 11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping......
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TEDtalksDirector | 30 November 2010 | http://www.ted.com 11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping......
Connected to: Organic Farming Water Impacts Direct Action Green Marketing & Messaging URBAN GARDENS
Living in Sustainable Cities - Dr. Vandana Shiva
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Connected to: Urban Recycling Green Innovation Direct Action Fired Up Media URBAN GARDENS Copenhagen Climate Change Summit
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Toxic Soil Busters: An Environmental Justice Story
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Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Green Innovation Direct Action URBAN GARDENS Endangered Species
WorcesterRoots | 15 April 2010 Sixteen-year old Janice Serrano grew up in the Main South neighborhood in Worcester, MA. There is an almost invisible danger that strikes Janice close to home: tests......
Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Green Innovation Direct Action URBAN GARDENS Endangered Species
How to Help Reduce Poverty Sustainably: Not So Complicated
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Connected to: Water Impacts Green Innovation Direct Action Repower America Fired Up Media URBAN GARDENS
Winner of TRUE young producer award: Plant trees
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paepaega | 16 December 2007 Winner of TRUE young producer award. This commercial was made to increase awareness of global warming. The main idea is that "united, we can save the world."...
Connected to: Organic Farming Greenhouse Gases Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Fired Up Media URBAN GARDENS
