Mid-Semester Break

Not just a Methodology by an ideology as well




What an idea! 
Instead of just purely designating massive areas of land for food production why not fully immerse the population in sustainable practices. not just food as Pam Warhurst has done but everything!; food production, crop seed germination, animal husbandry, energy production and maybe even infrastructure and construction.

Pam Warhurst's team created a 'green route' where fruit and vegie plants were planted in the urban environment. The theory was that if you immerse the community in crops and greenery it will not only educate people but it will also change their behavior. This is exactly the key to the new community.

As Woodfordia will be an exemplar sustainable community it will also primarily be an education centre. It will be a place of learning. From my experience in the work force, I have always learnt more 'on the job' than in a class room. So not only will this community have a learning centre but the residents (climate refugees) will be fully immersed in sustainable culture. Living sustainably will not be just an alternative as it is now but it will be the only way, it will become the norm. 

Pam Warhursts project changed boring overgrown gardens around public buildings into mini community farms. Not only did it provide a small amount of food production for the community but it created a culture. People within the community started to exchange produce, for example Mrs Potts had corn growing in her front garden and she traded some of her corn for Mrs Pan's eggs. And then once the campaign expanded and became a movement, there became an excess in egg production. Just as we (my team) suggested in Project 1, the excess was traded outside the community for other products that they were either in short of or desired.


Great Quote:
"...create edible landscapes, so that the children walk past their food day in day out on their way to school.... inspire the planners to put food sites at the heart of the community not relegate them to the edges of the settlement that no-body can see...

create a sense of purpose around the importance of the environment, local food and soil. Put that at the heart of your school [education] culture and you will change a generation." -Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes. TED talks. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes.html (accessed 27/09/2012)


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