| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 47.65 |
| Liaison | Aditi Arya |
| Submission Date | March 2, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
California State University, Bakersfield
IN-24: Innovation A
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Evelyn
Young Spath, Ed.D. Chief of Staff to the President Office of the President |
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Name or title of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
Edible Garden Community
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome that outlines how credit criteria are met and any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation:
The CSUB Edible Garden is a learning community within the General Education curriculum. The themes-based GE embeds sustainability into its inter-disciplinary curriculum. which every CSUB student takes, regardless of major. The GE themes are: Q - Quality of Life; R - Revolutionary Ideas and Innovations; and S - Sustainability and Justice. Each theme must have a learning community. The edible garden fits into each of the three themes.
The CSUB Edible Garden has received the service of about 200 student, staff, faculty, and community volunteers and has had hundreds more provide contact information to volunteer with the garden.
Which of the following impact areas does the innovation most closely relate to? (select up to three):
Curriculum
Food & Dining
Wellbeing & Work
Food & Dining
Wellbeing & Work
Optional Fields
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The website URL where information about the innovation is available :
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://csubgarden.wixsite.com/csub-edible-garden
The development of the edible garden has engaged students in the Environmental Resource Management program, the MBA program, and the engineering program.
ERM assisted in conducted the walk-through interactive charrette for the garden.
https://www.csub.edu/sustainability/_files/PDF/EdibleGardenCharretteResults.pdf
MBA students wrote the business plan and have secured in-kind support.
As a senior capstone project with Prof. Yiannis Ampatzidis, agricultural engineering students have developed an automated watering control system that can be operated from a cell phone.
http://yiannisampatzidis.wixsite.com/scientist-site/teaching
The garden was key in the adoption of the Sustainability and Justice theme for the university's newly overhauled General Education program.
https://csubgarden.wixsite.com/csub-edible-garden
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