Lets Make City College's Roof Tops Green!

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.