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Why urban sketching retreats are taking off - BBC
I went on my first urban sketching trip in 2023 with Painting Holiday Italy in Cinque Terre, a string of five coastal villages on the Italian Riviera.I remember feeling intimidated as I set up my ...
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Food justice advocates didn't set out to save the climate. Their solutions are doing it anyway. | Grist
Food justice advocates didn’t set out to save the climate. Their solutions are doing it anyway. How New York's rich history of urban gardening connects food justice and climate mitigation.
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Some Travelers Capture Their Vacation Memories With Sketching - The New York Times
Some travelers are picking up a creative pastime, sketching, in order to slow down and fully appreciate their destinations. “Urban sketching has completely changed the way I travel around the ...
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Fighting hunger in Portland with fresh food before it goes to waste - OPB - Oregon Public Broadcasting
A shopper at an Urban Gleaners Free Food Market in Lents Park goes through his market haul on May 25, 2023, in Portland, Ore. Crystal Ligori / OPB.
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Aurora community greenhouses plan aims to fill gaps in food system - The Denver Post
Nonprofit Food Justice NW Aurora plans to launch a community greenhouse project if the Aurora City Council gives final approval to its proposal to use two community-owned structures.
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Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project
The Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project (SUFFP) began in 2019 as a Syracuse University-SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry (ESF) collaboration. The project connects SU, ESF, and the Syracuse ...
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"Urban sketching" gathers aspiring artists for spontaneous group creativity
SF urban sketching CBS News Bay Area At first, it's just her, her pen, her moment. But then, things start to get sketchy. Out of nowhere, another ...
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A little farm in College Park helps spread urban agriculture, address food deserts - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
These tracts are more colloquially known as food deserts. Explore Urban Farm in Ormewood will become City of Atlanta public park. The Urban Farm received a federal grant of nearly $300,000 last ...
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Metro government creating program to address food insecurity - WLKY
A new urban agriculture program is being created in Louisville to help address food insecurity. Mayor Craig Greenberg made the announcement Tuesday morning.When cultivating a garden, Kellie ...
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DMACC ends its community garden program, citing lack of funding and ‘no clear academic use’ | Iowa Public Radio
Meeting a community need. Former DMACC Urban provost Anne Howsare Bowen told the Des Moines Register in 2017 that over half of respondents in a survey sent to DMACC students identified as food ...
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Why urban sketching retreats are taking off - BBC Travel
I went on my first urban sketching trip in 2023 with Painting Holiday Italy in Cinque Terre, a string of five coastal villages on the Italian Riviera.I remember feeling intimidated as I set up my ...