Category Archives: guerilla gardening

What comes first: Strategies for combating climate change or for creating gardens to produce food for children? (Willem VAN COTTHEM / MediaGlobal / UNICEF)

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Let me recommend to read very attentively the former posting on this blog : UNICEF: Children most vulnerable to climate change http://www.mediaglobal.org/2011/12/02/unicef-children-most-vulnerable-to-climate-change/ UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, allotment gardens, balconies / window sills, city gardening, Climate / climate change, community gardens, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, family gardens, food / food security, gardening kids, guerilla gardening, hunger / famine, kitchen garden, malnutrition, nutrition, sack gardening, school gardens, sustainable gardening, UNICEF, urban gardening, vertical gardening, Victory Gardens

Guerilla Gardening (Food for Freedom)

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

Read at : http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/guerilla-gardening-ows/ Guerilla Gardening @ OWS Posted on November 3, 2011 by geobear7| 3 Comments By OCCUPY TOGETHER: The Short Films This social and cultural EVOLUTION is taking root in hundreds of cities across the planet and showing … Continue reading →

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How to ensure food security for all the hungry of this world ? (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Let us read again attentively the former posting on this blog : “WITH HIGH FOOD PRICES SET TO CONTINUE, UN AGENCIES ISSUE CALL TO ACTION” (New York, Oct 10 2011 10:05AM) Let us first underscore the main issues : A … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, allotment gardens, city gardening, container/bottle gardening, family farming, family gardens, food / food security, food crisis, gardening kids, guerilla gardening, hunger / famine, kitchen garden, malnutrition, MDG, nutrition, rooftop gardening, sack gardening, school gardens, small-scale farming, urban agriculture/farming, urban gardening, vegetables, vertical farming, vertical gardening, Victory Gardens

Urban farming, guerilla gardening, vertical gardening in LA (Google / UrbDeZine San Francisco)

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – vertical gardening http://sanfrancisco.urbdezine.com/2011/09/09/urban-agriculture-2-0-los-angeles%E2%80%A6calling-los-angeles%E2%80%A6-do-you-copy-over/ URBAN AGRICULTURE 2.0: LOS ANGELES…CALLING LOS ANGELES… DO YOU COPY? OVER. By Mary Ensch The urban agriculture movement has grown vigorously across the nation. The concept of urban agriculture, which is … Continue reading →

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The irrefutable evidence of the FAO : decisive victory for city gardening in the war on hunger and poverty (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

—————————– For many years already we have been promoting family (kitchen) gardens and allotment gardens (the “VICTORY GARDENS” of World War I and WW. II) as the most efficient tool to combat hunger, malnutrition and poverty (see a short list … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment gardens, city gardening, community gardens, family gardens, FAO, food / food security, guerilla gardening, hunger / famine, kitchen garden, malnutrition, urban agriculture/farming, urban gardening, vegetables, Victory Gardens

Guerrilla Gardening (Envirowriters)

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

Read at : http://envirowriters.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/response-3-guerrilla-gardening-com/ Response #3: Guerrilla Gardening.com by David Apperson The Getting Started page at guerrillagardening.com declares, “There is neglected orphaned land all over the place.  Pockets of resistance have broken out in some areas as guerrilla gardeners fight … Continue reading →

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Spekboom (Portulacaria afra) for guerilla gardening and combating desertification (P. JANSSENS)

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

This is a plant species with multiple uses : food, fodder, fencing, gardening, bonsai, you name it … A PLANT FOR ALL THE DRYLANDS … GO FOR IT ! Read at : Facebook Pierre Janssens November 12 You may know … Continue reading →

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The website “Guerilla Gardening” (Envirowriter)

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

Read at : http://envirowriters.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/response-14-are-you-a-guerilla/ Response #14: Are You a Guerilla? Posted on November 28, 2010 by ProctorSimone The website “Guerilla Gardening” (http://www.guerrillagardening.org/index.html) encourages each reader to take the time and incorporate gardening into our life’s again. Although we are focused … Continue reading →

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Guerrilla gardening boosts local food security and redirects “troubled youth” (Food for Freedom / Yes! Magazine)

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

Read at : http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/from-vacant-city-lots-to-food-on-the-table/#more-4409 From Vacant City Lots to Food on the Table By Madeline Ostrander Yes! Magazine Guerrilla gardening boosts local food security and redirects “troubled youth,” at least until landowners capitalize on increased property value the gardens bring, writes … Continue reading →

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Become part of a larger movement to reclaim food sovereignty (City Farmer News)

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/10/05/food-rebels-guerrilla-gardeners-and-smart-cookin%e2%80%99-mamas/   Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin’ Mamas Linked by Michael Levenston By Mark Winne Beacon Press Publication Date: Oct 12, 2010 Winne challenges the reader to go beyond the popular rhetoric of “eat local” and … Continue reading →

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