New Leaf: A Sustainable Living Collaborative Orchard Care Day

Posted on May 3, 2011 by LivingLabs

One May 2nd, 2011 the New Leaf team worked to plant herbs and other companion plants in their new orchard.  Plants were selected with help from Marina and Robin of Village Farm.  Students also built paths for their community to walk through the space without disturbing the trees. Continue reading →

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CONNECT Garden Day at Albany Arts n Green Fest

Posted on May 3, 2011 by LivingLabs

May 1, 2011 - Albany CONNECT Academy students and community members came out for the Albany Arts and Green Festival at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Albany, CA.  That park is also where the CONNECT Living Lab is and we had a great day of building raised garden beds, installing an irrigation system and putting up signs that students had made. Continue reading →

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ELSEE Visits Brookfield Village Elementary for Arbor Day 2011

Posted on May 3, 2011 by LivingLabs

This Arbor Day (2011), Brookfield Village Elementary School Students were treated to a visit from ELSEE’s Mobile Living Lab (ELSEE is short for Environmental Laboratory for Sustainability and Ecological Education).   Continue reading →

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New Leaf: A Sustainable Living Collaborative Orchard Planting

Posted on April 5, 2011 by LivingLabs

New Leaf Team Planting a Fruit Tree

On April 30th, 2011 hundreds of students, teachers, neighbors and families came to Martinez Adult School, home of New Leaf: A Sustainable Living Collaborative to plant an orchard.  After months of planning in Living Labs Design School, the New Leaf students laid out their master plan, met with the school district and were ready to get to work, luckily we had some friends pay us a visit.  Traveling entertainment/orchard planting/pomologist/boat-full of smiles team Common Vision rolled in to town with their buddies from the Sustainable Living Roadshow… Continue reading →

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