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Musings of an Urbanist: July 2011
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Musings of an Urbanist. Wednesday, 27 July 2011. The Beauty of Small - Urban Acupuncture. Seeing a disused rail line in the vicinity of West 8th Avenue and Arbutus Street got me thinking about the oft forgotten smaller urban spaces. Though this specific rail line has been converted to a community garden on part of West 6th Avenue (see here. It remains under-loved in other parts. It was therefore timely when I stumbled upon the design concept of 'urban acupuncture', as featured in The Guardian. Yet there ...
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Rachel Grows: Self Evaluation
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009. The Millennium Foundation asks that grant recipients write a project evaluation once they've completed their work. I've been holding off a bit, continuing to do odds and ends for a few more people- but I think that this will continue for a while. So, with no further ado, here's what I thought about the project:. Rachel Grows: community development through urban agriculture. Were you true to your original vision? What did you have to modify and what happened that was unexpected?
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Rachel Grows: April 2009
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009. For now, I'm busy putting together a schedule of who I'm going to volunteer for. If you know of any places in the Vancouver area that could use a helping hand, I'm available this month to get involved. Posted by Rachel Simpson. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What's all this about? This was a month-long project in May of 2009 to learn about urban agriculture, and to bring people together to develop food security in Vancouver. It's more or less complete now. Feel free to contact me.
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Rachel Grows: Posters up!
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Sunday, July 26, 2009. I'm planning to brighten up these images, but I was excited to share. Posted by Rachel Simpson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What's all this about? This was a month-long project in May of 2009 to learn about urban agriculture, and to bring people together to develop food security in Vancouver. It's more or less complete now. Feel free to contact me. If you have any questions, thoughts or ideas about urban agriculture in Vancouver. Community Groups and Gardens.
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Rachel Grows: Completed work: links
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Monday, June 8, 2009. For this project, I didn't just design images for community gardens. I worked to better integrate them into the online community, increasing visibility and the likelihood that they would draw youth in. Here are a couple of the blogs I created for urban agriculture related groups:. And cross promoting by getting links to different sites onto related sites. This is how I managed to get VUAN to show up on a google search. Posted by Rachel Simpson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Rachel Grows: Working with SPEC still!
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Saturday, September 26, 2009. Working with SPEC still! I've been doing a bit more work with SPEC. Completing a series of posters and fliers we worked on this summer. Above is the invite to their Solar Workshops Series, and below is the harvest Festival poster. Posted by Rachel Simpson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What's all this about? Feel free to contact me. If you have any questions, thoughts or ideas about urban agriculture in Vancouver. Community Groups and Gardens. Working with SPEC still!
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Rachel Grows: Where are they now: updates!
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Monday, July 13, 2009. Where are they now: updates! I just took a peek at the EYA Blog. And they've been using it like crazy! They have loads of pretty images up and lots of relevant articles. It looks beautiful and I'm so happy to see it being put to excellent use. Check it out! Posted by Rachel Simpson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What's all this about? Feel free to contact me. If you have any questions, thoughts or ideas about urban agriculture in Vancouver. Community Groups and Gardens.
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Rachel Grows: Just a little more work for SPEC
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Sunday, December 27, 2009. Just a little more work for SPEC. They were in need of a last-minute cover for their annual report. I tossed this together for them. Posted by Rachel Simpson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What's all this about? This was a month-long project in May of 2009 to learn about urban agriculture, and to bring people together to develop food security in Vancouver. It's more or less complete now. Feel free to contact me. Community Groups and Gardens. Vancouver Public Space Network.
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Rachel Grows: May 2009
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Friday, May 29, 2009. I'll probably end up doing a bit more work for today, but I've checked off a large portion of my list. Birds, Bees and Berries: Completed. Harvest Fest: Laid out. Needs more conceptualizing, a little more info. I've emailed Ilse, we'll get it wrapped up a bit later. Transportation: begun, need more work. Renewable Energy: not yet started. Land and water conservation: not yet started. Posted by Rachel Simpson. To wrap up today:. City Poster: Completed and on the way to the printer.
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