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The City of the Dead: The Place of Cultural Identity and Environmental Sustainability i... - 1 views

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    Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland is more than a place of rest and reflection. It is a place of environmental and cultural sustainability and an expression of an attitude toward nature and environment unique to African-American culture. Through the more than hundred-year cultivation of an African-American cultural overlay, the Cemetery has been transformed from graveyard to a unique burial ground. Founded in 1872, Mount Auburn Cemetery is the last remaining African-American burial space in Baltimore, and it celebrates this transformative layering. Holding the remains of some 43,000 Baltimoreans, the cemetery represents the paradoxes of a culture defined by a century of interaction with the sacred as defined by rural experience, and that has favored the urban landscape as a necessary post-slavery gesture. In addition to its cultural and historic burial functions, Mount Auburn creates an ecological balance by providing designed green spaces, a cultural connection to nature and landscapes of memory, and a respite from the urban setting in which it is consciously located. This paper proposes that the African-American expression of form visible in Mount Auburn is marked by improvisation and an often superficial, chaotic appearance. This expression of form contributes to the sustainability and preservation of a uniquely diverse urban landscape, creating an attitude and perspective about place. This complex environmental attitude is defined by both positive and negative feelings toward the natural surroundings of humankind, including air, water, land, wildlife, and the systems existing between the natural environment and human society (Parker, 1999).
britt311

Pollution and perception: Social visibility and local environmental mobilization - Spri... - 4 views

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    Awareness of environmental problems through the eyes of social visibility and political mobilizations.
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Environmental Activism, Social Networks and the Internet - 5 views

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    The diversity of the Internet/ Social media and its contributions toward environmental activism
Victoria Esposito

ebrary: Server Message - 0 views

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    Environmental Science and Pollution text
Victoria Esposito

ebrary: Server Message - 0 views

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    Environmental Science and Pollution text
Victoria Esposito

ijerph-06-01691.pdf - 0 views

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    cigarette butts and the environmental issues and effects
britt311

Social Media for Environmental Action - 3 views

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    Social media and the movement of activism towards the maintenance of the environment.
britt311

Environmental Activism and the Internet [eScholarship] - 3 views

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    The impact of the Internet and other forms of technologies can make an impact and support organizations who work on maintaing the environment.
britt311

Technology and Communication in the Environmental Movement [eScholarship] - 3 views

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    The incline of technology can help activists spread their word on environmental movements, through efficient ways to connect and communicate with others.
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Community gardens: sustainability, health and inclusion in the city.: EBSCOhost - 0 views

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      'issues of food security, the use of biotechnology and artificial chemicals in agriculture, rising food prices and the environmental costs of growing and distributing food, the different functions of community gardens are coming under increasing attention" (para. 1) Community gardens are becoming very popular because of cost of fresh foods sold in grocery store are too expensive for most people who live in urban cities. Gardens have become an alternate method to producing nutritious and safe food. 
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15575330809489660 - 0 views

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      'It provides opportunities for everyone involved to develop skills in leadership,  community organizing, cultural competency, program planning, implementation, and  evaluation" (para. 3) Having community gardens helps community member to interact with each other. It builds relationship among neighbors and also help individual develop skills like leadership, interpersonal and working in teams. Also it helps individual learn about different culture. Also it becomes a network.
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      "addressing the need of green spaces and appearance; and decreased crime in urban neighborhoods" (para. 1) Research have shown that urban agriculture can help reduce crime rates within urban communities because people become familiar with each other and strangers and people new society.
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      "the public health benefits of urban agriculture as providing food security, personal Wellness, community betterment, and environmental health"  "provide a more livable physical environment through control of temperature, noise and pollution; create a positive community image" (para. 2) Community garden is more than a piece of land or space that provides foods. In addition to it providing food security it also provides fresh and healthy food for people who live in urban cities.  It can also help create a healthy environment because plants filter the air which will reduce air pollution 
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Community Gardening: A Parsimonious Path to Individual, Community, and Environmental Re... - 0 views

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    The goal of this paper is to introduce community gardening as a promising method of furthering well-being and resilience on multiple levels: individual, social group, and natural environment. We exami
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    The goal of this paper is to introduce community gardening as a promising method of furthering well-being and resilience on multiple levels: individual, social group, and natural environment. We exami
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