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Living a sustainable lifestyle is becoming a lot easier with all the green initiatives, tools, designs and actions being taken locally here in downtown Montreal—the Rooftop Garden Project being a wonderful example of this. This project is a community initiative organized and managed by Santropol Roulant and ALTERNATIVES, a Montreal-based not-for-profit and an international non-governmental organization, respectively. I have recently started volunteering at the McGill downtown Edible Garden, located beside the Burnside building, and would like to share my first impressions of the aesthetically pleasing and functional addition to the campus as well as to offer some views about Urban Agriculture and Green Roofs.
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Submitted by rotem on Thu, 20/09/2007 - 11:25am.
Our most recent baby, the rooftop garden at the UQAM design building, has arrived! Named after the militant environmentalist Claire Morissette and installed and planted at the end of June, this latecomer on the 6th floor, is a true urban garden with an amazing view of downtown and Mount Royal.
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Submitted by rotem on Thu, 05/07/2007 - 12:15pm.
Now you can get involved in gardening every day of the week except Sunday! Hope you can join us!
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Submitted by rotem on Wed, 27/06/2007 - 6:05pm.
June 21, 2007
Despite the grey skies, we celebrated the solstice and inaugurated the Edible Campus garden! It was truly fun....thanks to everyone who helped and hope to see you at the next party!
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Submitted by rotem on Fri, 22/06/2007 - 5:28pm.
"Cultivating Connections: The Urban Agriculture Movement" won the 2007 Undergraduate Paper Prize from the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society!
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Submitted by mthom on Fri, 08/06/2007 - 1:17pm.
June 5, 2007
Yep, you read correctly! 60 students and their teachers from the FACE school came to the McGill garden to plant their seedlings that we helped them start in their classrooms in April. We had fun despite the springtime rain!
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Submitted by rotem on Thu, 07/06/2007 - 5:07pm.
Thanks to everyone who made this Earth Day such a success for the Rooftop Garden Project!
By preparing for the gardening season, we are getting ready to green our urban environment and create pleasing community spaces in the city.
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Submitted by rotem on Wed, 25/04/2007 - 2:34pm.
Re-live summer by watching this short film about our project in 2006, that was made by the Québecois TV series Rébut Globale (or Global Waste)...
(click here)
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Submitted by rotem on Tue, 27/02/2007 - 5:16pm.
On October 20, 2006, Santropol Roulant and the Rooftop Garden Project team met another challenge by participating in a 100 mile meal. We prepared and animated a large buffet created entirely by organic and locally grown food for the Canadian Environmental Network's annual conference in Montreal.
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Submitted by amelie on Tue, 21/11/2006 - 12:03pm.
Entre Maman, a community center located in Mercier-Hochelaga Maisonneuve focused on developing positive and stimulating projects for new and expecting parents, a space where they can create relationships with other parents and enrich their relationship with their own children.
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