By Becky Davies Row after row of identical windows extend up the dusky, red brick facades of nine austere, depersonalized high rises, as if stamped mechanically on each floor of the twenty-one story buildings. Residents identify their buildings by number—“1320,” “570,” “75”. The towers feel and look more like human warehouses than someone’s home. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Columbia University’
Public Housing, Urban Agriculture and University Students
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Columbia University, Community Garden Project, food costs, public housing, urban agriculture on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reducing Food Waste
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Columbia University, food trays, Landfills, plate scrapings on March 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
By Liz Allocco, Columbia University 2011 When thinking about sustainable food on college campuses, it’s important to consider not only where the food is coming from and how it is made, but what happens after it leaves the kitchen. Here at Columbia University in New York City, a group of students has been working with [...]
