Some very cool facts on Green Roofs

As I continue to work on our proposal, I am coming across quite a few interesting and in-depth pieces on the topic of green roofs. There is an article that I found will be very beneficial in improving our proposal.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12710-green-roofs-could-cool-warming-cities.html

Rooftop Garden NJIT

Though this is not a student run organization, it still goes to show the benefits of running a rooftop garden with fruits,vegetables etc. However, you can also notice the worries and issues some students may have with such a garden.

farmers market

hey everyone

i found this website by accident. this is some of the local farmers-market they have in nyc. there are various event that held in manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens or Staten Island. each market strives to be an anchor to their community providing not only fresh, locally-grown food, but it is convenient to find them. if possible maybe the farmers market group can invite them to participate in our campus.

The Beginnings of Food Revolution (?)

I just came across a new article about how a biopharmaceutical company was taken to court on the basis of gene patents. A start of a revolution maybe?

The second link was what I dug about the relationship between the infamous Monsanto and the bio-pharm company in question: Myriad



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/business/30drug.html?_r=1&ref=science

http://www.techagreements.com/agreement-preview.aspx?num=65914&title=Monsanto%20/%20Myriad%20Genetics%20-%20Collaborative%20Pronet%20Research%20&%20License%20Agreement

The Hunter Garden Project

Hey Everyone :

I just found out that Hunter College is working on creating a garden as well. I liked the Hunter Garden Project on Facebook. I was skimming through their page and they are actually being offered help from different people and organizations for co-sponsorship and what not. I think it would be great to create our own FB group page for the rooftop garden, like Kiran said today not only will that create more awareness, but it works in getting help from others.

CUNY FoodFest 2010

I think this is a great event that we could attend:

At FoodFEST 2010, students will learn sustainable food consumption practices, engage in direct meaningful service, and be empowered to create grassroots food justice movements on their own campuses. Through creating art, cooking and eating delicious food, and networking with experts in the field of food justice and hunger, we hope to create a space for growth, community, and FUN.

WHEN: Sunday, November 14th 2-8PM
WHERE: Macaulay Honors College 35 W 67th Street

New York-Connecticut Consortium Wins Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has granted $3.5 million to the New York- Connecticut metropolitan region. This was awarded on October 20th under Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant!!

This money will be used to design and integrate housing, economic decelopment, reduce congestion, as well as transportation and environmental planning in the metropolitan region. =)