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UA Campus Garage Rain Water Harvesting Project
- University of Arizona (AZ)
The University of Arizona Community Garden was started by a group of students in 2011. As of today, the community garden is being used to its full potential. Every plot ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Using a High Tunnel to Extend the Growing Season and Engage the Whole Campus With the Campus Garden
- Concordia College (NY)
Six years ago, students championed the creation of a small organic garden on Concordia College's urban campus in northern Minnesota. Although the garden was successful in attracting student interest ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Learn & Grow - Educational and Community Garden
- Mississippi State University (MS)
The intent of this project is to work with the Boys & Girls Club to create a project that can be developed and maintained as a way to engage young ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Paul Quinn College Transforms Football Field to Organic Farm, Shifting Value to Students
- Paul Quinn College (TX)
At Paul Quinn College, where 83 percent of students are Pell Grant eligible (2016), students obtain both a liberal arts education and real-world work experience. This video showcases the historically ...
- Posted Sept. 20, 2016
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Muhlenberg College Water Conservation Native Plants
- Muhlenberg College (PA)
Muhlenberg College has a living learning experience for undergraduate students at the Treehouse. Here, students manage the permculture garden and community vegetable garden which includes a rainwater collection system. The ...
- Posted Sept. 14, 2016
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University of Minnesota Living Lab
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Campus grounds are more than a a backdrop at the University of Minnesota. Our Living Laboratories have transformed otherwise un-programmed areas into outdoor spaces for innovation, testing, demonstration, and learning ...
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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SMC - Wellbeing & Work (SCI Index)
- Saint Mary's College of California (CA)
The Legacy Garden is a space on campus where both students and employees visit and volunteer. The 3,200 lbs of produce produced annually is entirely consumed by students and ...
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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Advanced Technical Certificate in Urban Farming
- Gateway Technical College (WI)
The Urban Farming Advanced Technical Certificate enables students to intensively farm small plots of land and bring their crops to market profitably. The certificate combines intensive farming curriculum with entrepreneurship ...
- Posted Aug. 22, 2016
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The Shawneetown Gardens: a Sustainable Campus Community Garden Cultivated through Creation of Place
- University of Kentucky (KY)
Rooted in the revitalization of a community garden on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington, Kentucky, this project impacts a culturally diverse, multigenerational community through a multi-disciplinary effort led ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Integrated educational food garden and composting
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
Striving towards zero waste and with a close-the-loop philosophy, CSUN students are diverting over 35,000 pounds of pre-consumer waste/year and turning it back into food via an on ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Emory University's Pollinator Protection Program
- Emory University (GA)
Concerned about the plight of bees and other pollinators, essential for two-thirds of the food crops we eat every day, Emory University developed a comprehensive Pollinator Protection Commitment, which includes ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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The Learning Garden at Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
Virginia Commonwealth University's Office of Sustainability has created a new, urban, Learning Garden that produces fruits and vegetables exclusively for donation. The garden was created in response to a ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Sustainable Carolina Farm and Garden Hydroponics
- University of South Carolina (SC)
Sustainable Carolina is a student run organization within the University of South Carolina, working to better our campus by making it more sustainable. We work with students, staff, professors, and ...
- Posted June 6, 2016
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From in-vessel campus composting to sustainable urban farming: connecting science with education and community service
- Kean University (NJ)
Kean University runs a food scrap composting program with a custom-designed in-vessel composter capable of composting up to 1000 pounds of food scraps per day. It diverts food scraps from ...
- Posted June 6, 2016
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UNT Community Garden
- University of North Texas (TX)
University of North Texas' first on-campus community garden is in the final stages of planning, with construction begining this fall, in a vacant lot next to the Legends hall, just ...
- Posted June 3, 2016
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UIC Heritage Garden
- University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
The Heritage Garden at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a hands-on learning project with an internship program where students work with faculty, staff, and community members to ...
- Posted May 31, 2016
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Community Garden 2.0 – transcending silos on campus and in the community
- Northern Kentucky University (KY)
Northern Kentucky University (NKU) has joined forces with local stakeholders to create a network of community gardens on campus and within the surrounding community. The network is comprised of fifty ...
- Posted May 26, 2016
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UMass Amherst Celebrates Earth Day
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Earth Day 2016 events at UMass Amherst include a compost worm bin workshop and pollinator garden plantings in UMass Permaculture Gardens.
- Posted May 6, 2016
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Re-visioning agriculture in higher education: the role of campus agriculture initiatives in sustainability education
The number of colleges and universities with campus agriculture projects in the US has grown from an estimated 23 in 1992 to nearly 300 today with possible increased numbers predicted ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Spring FARMal at American University
- American University (DC)
Spring FARMAL, Co-hosted by the AU Community Garden and Office of Sustainability, celebrated Earth Day with a screen on the green of "Plant This," outdoor crafts and activities, local food ...
- Posted April 26, 2016
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University food gardens: a unifying place for higher education sustainability
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
This research describes the key characteristics of campus food gardens and investigates their contribution to overall campus sustainability. An email-survey of 52 campus garden managers in North America provided quantitative ...
- Posted April 25, 2016
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Transforming the WKU Office of Sustainability's Front Yard into an Edible Landscape
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
The Western Kentucky University (WKU) Office of Sustainability, located in a University-owned residential property, seeks to demonstrate sustainability best practices for current and future homeowners. Since May 2014, the office ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The UAlbany Heritage Garden: An Educational Tool for the Whole Campus
- University at Albany (NY)
In fall 2013, a task force of students, staff and faculty began developing a plan to institute a campus heritage garden. With the understanding that many student garden projects fall ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The effect of Infiltration basins and raingardens to clean snowmelt: An integrative learning project in sustainability
- Concordia College (NY)
Infiltration basins and raingardens have growing popularity for their effectiveness as well as being aesthetically pleasing. In 2012, Concordia College in Moorhead, MN put in an infiltration basin in an ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Sustainable Gardening Library
- Sustainable Gardening Institute (NJ)
The Sustainable Gardening Library is a single, centralized, easy-to-use repository for science-based, authoritative information on sustainable gardening and biodynamic agriculture that is accessed via a state-of-the-art, web-based mapping portal. Right ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Virginia Commonwealth University High-Output Learning Garden: Coordinating Resources and Partnerships to Relieve Food Insecurity
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
Food deserts are areas with limited access to healthy food options and are a major contributor to health issues and inequality in the United States. The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Farms and Gardens Meet-up
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Come meet Students, Staff and Faculty Members who work with Student Farms and Gardens at their Universities. We will exchange ideas about what's working, what's not and brain ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Learning Gardens: A Platform for Sustainability Education
- Appalachian State University (NC)
How can learning gardens be used as a platform to teach sustainability principles? This session will introduce an adaptable framework that uses a three-dimensional living model to clearly communicate the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Growing Skills for Ecological Engagement
- Lane Community College (OR)
The Learning Garden at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon serves as a living laboratory for students, staff, and the greater community in the fields of sustainable agriculture, experiential education ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Gardens in the City: New Paradigms for Urban Community & Campus Gardens
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
While urban community gardens and campus farms are not a new concept, at Carnegie Mellon we are pioneering our own avenues for food production, health and wellness and community engagement ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Cultivating community and sustainability at the Learning Gardens Lab
- Portland State University (OR)
Learning gardens serve as rich sustainability learning sites due to their ecological and sociocultural benefits, and provide a hands-on way for learners of all ages to engage in interconnected issues ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Natural Dye Campus Garden: Art and Permaculture
- University of North Texas (TX)
Funded by the environmental services fee, the University of North Texas Natural Dye Garden is a student initiated project in the College of Visual Arts and Design. Inspired by a ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building a Permaculture Garden with Community
- Xavier University (OH)
Building a permaculture garden with community members, students, faculty and local farmers, has been an exhilarating experience. It started with an alumni neighbor asking if she could work on a ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Campus Community Garden Completed its First Successful Harvest
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (AK)
After their first successful harvest, members of the UAF Campus Community Garden are looking forward to new opportunities next season. After being conceived last spring, gardening enthusiasts constructed a working ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Documenting the Evolution of a Student Garden: How LOGIC Grows Campus Sustainability
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
This poster examines the evolution of a student organic garden at a large public university, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, as an example of student initiatives that focus on sustainability education ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Nanook Grown Garden Supports Sustainability Efforts on Campus
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (AK)
Growing and eating “Alaskan Grown” has become a priority on the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) campus. Facilities Services and the Office of Sustainability planted a vegetable garden outside the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Gardening with Neighbors: Community Gardening and Food Security in West Louisville
- University of Louisville (KY)
The “West End” of Louisville is characterized by many low-income neighborhoods that are disproportionately affected by high levels of food insecurity and poor health conditions. Still, community groups and neighborhoods ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Partnership: Nurturing Community in a Garden Setting
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
In the last few years, school gardening projects have sprouted across the country. School gardens influence improved eating behaviors in children, specifically, increased fruit and vegetable consumption. In addition, school ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sprouting (Literally!) Engagement in Sustainability in the Undergraduate Curriculum: the “Heritage Garden Project” in Beginning German at Luther College
- Luther College (IA)
The students know that Diane is coming to tell a special story on cold February morning. To their surprise, as she appears, however, she opens a little package and empties ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Making College and University Green Space More Resilient to Climate Change – Gardens, Landscaping, Habitat Restoration, and More
- National Wildlife Federation (VA)
Colleges and universities are more than a collection of buildings and paved roads. Many campuses have a tree-lined quad or other park-like areas. Wilder corners on campus protect wetlands, woods ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Island Food Security through a Campus Community Garden
- University of Hawaii Maui College (HI)
The Sustainable Living Institute of Maui (SLIM) at UH Maui College began an endeavor to build a campus community garden in 2010. Almost three years later, and after many obstacles ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Guide to Getting Your Hands Dirty: How Campus Green Spaces Promote Real World Problem Solving
- Western Michigan University (MI)
Green spaces on campus create opportunities for direct, participatory, interdisciplinary learning. They can include student gardens, campus garden-boxes, native landscape installations, greenhouses and even indoor displays. A number of student-led ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Permaculture Gardens at UMass Amherst: A Case Study of Sustainable Edible Landscaping
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Over 1000 different individuals have been involved in planting over 1500 fruit trees, nut trees, berry bushes, flowers, culinary and medicinal herbs and perennial vegetables on the UMass Amherst campus ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Community Gardens Engage Students to Serve as a Bridge between University and Community
- Antioch University Midwest (OH)
Food security has been identified by the city of Keene, NH as an area of critical importance for community resiliency. Our city's efforts have been supported by a growing ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Getting The Entire Campus Involved In A Campus Garden Project
- Bemidji State University (MN)
Examines the design and planning features encountered when building the Gitigaan Campus Garden at Bemidji State University (BSU), Bemidji, MN. This presentation addresses specific goals and outcomes such as local ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Community Garden Connections: strengthening resilience through university-community partnerships
- Antioch University, New England (NH)
Our city identified food security as a priority issue given likely disruptions in the commercial food supply due to climate change and peak oil, in addition to food insecurity (hunger ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Native Woodland Garden: The New Paradigm in Ecology Takes Root on Manhattan Island
- New York University (NY)
Does the high density of our cities mean that we have to leave the city center to experience biodiversity? Do we have to sacrifice aesthetics for the sake of ecological ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Plant to Plate: A model for student-run urban gardens
- Plant To Plate
Plant to Plate was born during the Fall of 2009, when two undergraduate students recognized a need for a hands-on means to educate students on local food systems and sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Community gardens and access to green space for near-poverty populations
- Western Illinois University (IL)
Backyard gardening has become more popular in recent years both as an outdoor recreation activity and a means of food safety and security. Access to open space for gardening is ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Installing an Organic Garden on Campus
- LaGrange College (GA)
Beginning an organic garden on a college campus poses more challenges than one initially assumes, as the community of LaGrange College quickly learned; issues that arose included administration buy-in, construction ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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