http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Thu, 23 May 2013 05:44:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/03/building-bloom-bud-an-educational-garden-in-kisumu-kenya/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/03/building-bloom-bud-an-educational-garden-in-kisumu-kenya/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:32:29 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=28525 The following is a guest blog, authored by Meagan HoChing, a Harvard University student and volunteer with the Millennium Cities Initiative. I have recently had the absolute pleasure of spending two weeks in beautiful Kisumu, Kenya. I am working with two other students to perfect what we would like to call “Bloom and Bud,” which involves urban farming with 100% recyclable materials, in an effort to provide food sustainability for those with minimal to no land or food security. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/03/building-bloom-bud-an-educational-garden-in-kisumu-kenya/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/in-new-york-city-5000-acres-and-a-mule/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/in-new-york-city-5000-acres-and-a-mule/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:20:51 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19299 It is no surprise that New York City holds one of the world’s densest agglomerations of people and infrastructure; but according to a new report, it is also hides a huge archipelago of potential farmland. The report, by the Earth Institute’s Urban Design Lab, identifies some 5,000 scattered acres of private and public vacant land suitable for farming–plus [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/in-new-york-city-5000-acres-and-a-mule/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/13/vertical-farms-from-vision-to-reality/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/13/vertical-farms-from-vision-to-reality/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:43:42 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18904 Dr. Dickson Despommier believes vertical farming—the growing of crops indoors in multi-story urban buildings—can help feed the growing global population and undo the environmental damage caused by conventional agriculture.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/13/vertical-farms-from-vision-to-reality/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/14/the-science-barge-demonstrates-sustainable-urban-farming/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/14/the-science-barge-demonstrates-sustainable-urban-farming/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 19:02:30 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14715 Just a few miles north of Columbia University in Yonkers, the Science Barge floats on the Hudson River, demonstrating a fully functioning system of renewable energy based sustainable food production. Despite its river setting, however, the Science Barge is, in fact, a prototype for rooftop gardening. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/14/the-science-barge-demonstrates-sustainable-urban-farming/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/02/solving-urbanization-challenges-by-design-%e2%80%93-the-science-of-green-roofs-part-2/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/02/solving-urbanization-challenges-by-design-%e2%80%93-the-science-of-green-roofs-part-2/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:10:10 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=10545 Patricia J. Culligan is a professor of civil engineering and engineering mechanics at Columbia University and the Vice Dean of Academic Affairs for Columbia Engineering. In part two of this interview she talks about the challenge of quantifying the economic benefits of green roofs, the potential for rooftop agriculture, and what it means to "solve urbanization challenges by design."]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/02/solving-urbanization-challenges-by-design-%e2%80%93-the-science-of-green-roofs-part-2/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/27/changing-the-urban-relationship-to-food/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/27/changing-the-urban-relationship-to-food/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:46:46 +0000 Mariapaola Sutto http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=614 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/27/changing-the-urban-relationship-to-food/feed/ 4