While you’re waiting for my slow self to post again…
you should check out the blog of my roommate’s summer project! Ellie is in Kenya for the next few weeks piloting a project she designed for a class this fall (I know! I guess science concentrators do class projects that are actually useful and relevant to life!). I don’t understand it that much, but from Ellie’s explanations and the blog itself, it appears that Vertigrow is a device that will enable people to cultivate food crops in areas where arable land is limited (i.e. slums, refugee camps, etc.) I think the idea is very much like an individualized urban garden, which will allow hungry, impoverished, and displaced people to eat fresh and healthy food that they can grow themselves. I found the photos and descriptions of the contraption (posted on August 4) most useful for understanding the project. I hope you’ll check it out and be inspired!
One of my amazing roommates talking about another amazing roommate. I live in awe. One note though, Rach—isn’t Ellie technically an African Studies concentrator, not science?
