| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.40 |
| Liaison | Mary-Lee Townsend |
| Submission Date | Jan. 16, 2025 |
Western University
IL-68: Innovation D
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Name of the innovative outcome, program, or initiative:
Does the innovation represent a new, extraordinary, unique, ground-breaking, or uncommon outcome, program, or initiative that addresses a sustainability challenge and is not covered by an existing credit?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the innovation:
The Western Community Garden is a collaborative initiative amongst Western students, staff and faculty. Key collaborators on the garden include Landscape Services and Western Sustainability within Facilities Management as well as Society of Graduate Students (SOGS) and EnviroUSC (group within the University Students Council)
Currently the garden contains 38 raised bed concrete planters of varying sizes which are primarily used to grow food crops. The perimeter of the garden has an additional 21 planters which contain native plants to support biodiversity and pollination of the food crops. The centrepiece of the garden features an in-ground pollinator garden of native plants, tended by faculty and students as part of a field course and project through the Campus as a Living Lab program.
https://sustainability.uwo.ca/Campus/buildings_green_space/community_garden.html
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