Category: Growing Sustainably
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SJSU Campus Community Garden: A Hidden, Local Gem for Both Residents and Students
In mid-May, a little over a dozen of children from Olinder Elementary School’s CORAL after school program took a trip to an urban farm. The destination? Our very own San Jose State Campus Community Garden. The SJSU Campus Community Garden is located on San Salvador St. across the street from the Campus Village housing, and…
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Catalysts of Community Engaged Learning: The 2022 Celebrating Partnerships Event
Every other year, CommUniverCity holds a huge event called “Celebrating Partnerships,” where core partners of the organization come together to take a grand look at active projects that CommUniverCity has been maintaining or is involved in. This past Thursday on May 5th, in which some of you know as Cinco de Mayo, CommUniverCity their biennial…
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Children Learn the Fun in and Importance of Healthy Eating
According to Santa Clara County’s status of children’s health, 18% of students in San Jose Unified School District face obesity or are in the “health risk” zone for body composition. To combat increasing rates of obesity, Cooking Matters teaches the importance of a healthy diet and living a healthy lifestyle. Over the course of three…
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Opening Doors of Curiosity for Garden Education
As climate change becomes an imminent reality of our future, gardening contributes to healthy eating and exposure to the natural world. While record numbers of people began cultivating their own gardens during pandemic lockdowns, vulnerable communities do not have the same luxury. CommUniverCity saw this opportunity to promote healthy lifestyles while young students and families…
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Ready, Set, Grow: Growing Sustainably brings the classroom outdoors
“This reminds me exactly of what we were learning in class this week!” an SJSU freshman studying Child and Adolescent Development (ChAD) recants after one particularly challenging garden education workshop in a 4th grade classroom. During this lesson on photosynthesis and what it takes for a plant to grow, this intern reflected back to behavior…
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How Growing Sustainably is Growing
Author: Nancy Nguyen, Public Ally and CommUniverCity Project Coordinator Silicon Valley is expanding and urbanizing at an exponential rate as the tech industry gears up to be one of the most powerful entities in the country, leading to the boom of high paying tech jobs, housing development, and business and commercial development. However, as prices…
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San José Kids Serve Up Nutrition with MyPlate
Author: Shelby Maidl, Project Coordinator for Growing Sustainably Eating a nutritious and well-balanced diet is a critical part of youth development, impacting their physical health and their opportunities to be successful in school. Meals that provide a variety of proteins, whole grains, natural sugars, fats, vitamins, and minerals ensure that kids grow strong bones and…
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Why Nutrition Matters
Author: Trina Nguyen San José’s community of apartments, complexes, and crowded houses limit students to engage in nutrition and building community. Growing Sustainably has influenced students from Kindergarten to 6th grade on the importance and benefits of healthy lifestyles. Growing Sustainably has 4 sub-projects: Gardening Workshops, Gardening Club, Cooking Matters, and Neighborhood Harvest. With the…
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Students create a garden for Family Supportive Housing
Family Supportive Housing is one of the only places in the South Bay that provides interim housing and support for entire families while they look for more secure shelter, education and employment. As of March 30th, families at Family Supportive Housing can now tend to and reap the benefits of a new shared garden at…
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Pitch In: help build Garden to Table’s new urban farm!
Garden to Table’s Groundbreaking event for their brand new farm is just around the corner. To make this transformation successful, Garden to Table needs the help of over 80 volunteers to build raised beds! If you’re interested in pitching in and getting dirty, sign up for one of these time slots: – Saturday, Oct 19th,…