Some Articles

Hi there,
A few articles you might find interesting.

Here is one from the New York Times about an organization, La Mesa Verde, based in San Jose, CA that literally goes into homes of low-income residents and builds raised beds in their backyards, teaches them to plant and harvest, eventually saving the families lots of money and giving them access to nutritious food. It also focuses on educating participants about gardening so that the knowledge will be held within the neighborhood, with less and less input needed from master gardeners. Pretty awesome.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/us/17backyard.html?ref=nutrition

The second is one that Gio sent me about sustainability at Oxy and the lack of work that the administration has put into making Oxy a more environmentally friendly campus. It is pretty up to date on dismal the situation, further proving that not much has changed on the administrative end in terms of sustainability over the last couple of years.

http://media.www.ditzmagazine.com/media/storage/paper1293/news/2008/04/28/InsideTheBubble/How-Green.Is.Our.Campus-3338071.shtml