Cohousing-L Mailing List: Community garden community?

[Fred H. Olson (fholson]

With the current cohousing-L thread on "coffee shop community?" in mind I
decided to post this message from the urban-ecology list.  Please send 
responses (or copies) to  Keisha Payson <cpayson [at] bowdoin.edu>
since she does not read cohousing-L.  Fred

Keisha wrote:
> I am doing a research paper for a class on Sustainable Communities.  The
>  research question I have posed is a big one - do community gardens build
>  community, and if so, are there certain elements or aspects of a CG that
>  help to foster this community.
> 
> I have been doing interviews of gardeners here in Maine and all is going
> well.  But I have a question of the larger CG community out there - do
> any of you have stories you could share about instances where members of a
> community garden have gotten together to work on a different issue in their
> neighborhood based on their relationships established through the community
> garden.  (i.e. community gardening members organizing together to work on
> issues like crime, a political event, a school issue, a landlord issue)
> I would appreciate any stories you might have.
> 
>  Thanks!
> Keisha Payson
> Program Assistant
> Environmental Studies Program
> Bowdoin College
> 6700 College Station
> Brunswick  ME  04011 8467
> Phone (207)725-3396
> Fax     (207) 725-3989
> E-mail cpayson [at] bowdoin.edu

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