Story by two US interns, Michael Miniotas and Will Brandt, who are growing cucumbers in a Sydney street.
What does the data tell us about living off-grid for water in the heart of Sydney?
Analysis of water quantity by an American intern in Sydney, Jillian Meehan.
“Streets, we live on them, we walk on them, but how do they help us understand a city? They’re often seen as just a path, but streets tell us so much more than that.“
Kiersten Engstrom, intern with Sustainable House, compares the streets of Chippendale, Sydney, Australia where she is interning with the streets of her home town University and city, Pittsburgh, US.
In 2008 the Chippendale Community held their Food For the Future Fair. They planted 300 edible plants and trees generously provided by Sydney City Council. Some photos of that day show the energy and social ‘glue’ we made that day as we dug up and replaced concrete with soil, compost and plants . . .
