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GROWING POWER SUMMER INTERNSHIP Kyle Huff, Sustainability Studies Major, Roosevelt University LESSONS LEARNED Background of Growing Power Composting Community Policy and Engagement Sustainable Solutions GROWING


  1. GROWING POWER SUMMER INTERNSHIP Kyle Huff, Sustainability Studies Major, Roosevelt University

  2. LESSONS LEARNED Ø Background of Growing Power Ø Composting Ø Community Policy and Engagement Ø Sustainable Solutions

  3. GROWING POWER’S VISION “Inspiring communities to build sustainable food systems that are equitable and ecologically sound, creating a just world, one food-secure community at a time.”

  4. GROWING POWER CHICAGO Iron Street Farm, Cabrini Green, Grant Park and several other urban sites

  5. THE INTERNSHIP

  6. COMPOSTING IS “FUNKY” BUSINESS

  7. COMPOSTING Large scale, in-vessel, anaerobic composting

  8. COMPOST LASAGNA The Layers: Carbon Nitrogen Brewery Mash Nitrogen Carbon

  9. COMMUNITY POLICY • 2011 Urban Agriculture zoning Amendment • House Bill 2335 passed August 2013

  10. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

  11. WHY SUSTAINABILITY? • Energy • Climate Change • Ecological Degradation • Water

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