Thursday, April 22, 2010
Earth Day: Health & Wellness Promotion
Today was one of our biggest day for promoting our class projects. We were able to lure students and faculty members in with our free food & cooking demo. to educate them about our goals of combatting the obesity crisis by eating healthier in Harlem and on the CCNY campus. We got students to sample sandwiches, salads, juices, granola bars, yogurt and other food items while signing our petitions and surveys. We were able to purchase the sandwich and the salad ingredients right from the local bodegas and create an amazingly delicious and healthy sandwich and salad option people can make right at home. These same ingredients can also be bought at a local farmers markets [another goal of our class] in the event we get the support to bring one on campus or in the neighborhood. Also those yogurts, granola bars and juices that were sampled, can also be made available in our vending machines on campus. So forget that power cookie & support a healthy new outlook on food at City College!!!!!
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Great summary of the Earth Day event Chitra! I wish that many other people were seeing this blog. I invited many people to take a look at the blog. Hopefully they would join soon. I hope that the bodegas’ group accomplishes their goal because that would be a very good step towards providing healthier foods to the students at City College and also the residents of this area. The farmers market is a though one, however I just got an idea from the food summit flyer that Olivia sent to us. If a farmers market is so difficult to bring into this area, why don’t we plant local crops on the roof tops of City College? Yes, it is a bit late to start this project now. However, I think that if the course is offer next semester, students should continue working in this issue and they can possibly use this idea to make a change. I think that planting on the rooftops of City College, is not impossible. Other people do it, why not City College? The vegetables that would be grown could be used in the cafeteria to provide a healthier menu. It can be run by the residents of Harlem, it can create jobs, and the college would be truly benefited. If you guys want to learn a bit more about planting on roof tops go to http://www.good.is/post/rooftop-gardens-provide-food-while-decreasing-energy-costs/ or http://gothamgreens.com/raising_the_root.pdf.
ReplyDeleteWhat if we like the power of the cookie. I'm just kidding. Yes your summary was great about the Earth Day Event.
ReplyDeleteYou should post it on Facebook.