Brooklyn College is creating a new garden which is intended to serve a “broad spectrum of academic and sustainability initiatives for faculty and students”. The local community will also be invited to plant on individual plots. The objective is to embrace the surrounding community by inviting them to utilize the college grounds, while allowing faculty and students to explore issues surrounding health, nutrition, and organic and sustainable farming.
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Tags: Brooklyn, Brooklyn College Garden, community garden, New York, sustainable garden
This press release could not be farther from the truth. In reality, more than two-thirds of this beautiful learning space will be demolished for parking spaces, which encourage automobile use and further pollute the environment, all trees will be uprooted, trees that absorb runoff and shade gardeners, the ground will be leveled, community members will effectively be expelled, and the social, environmental, and literal fruits of 13 years of work will instantly be undone. These plans are being driven by President Gould.
The Campus Road Community Garden already serves as a learning center, serves the sustainability mission of CUNY, andserves as a community bridge. The college just doesn’t want contested space, wants to turn the entire campus into a parking lot, and HATES the surrounding community.