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Experiments Advance Gardening at Home and in Space [PDF]
, 2008 Aeroponics, the process of growing plants suspended in air without soil or media, provides clean, efficient, and rapid food production. Crops can be planted and harvested year-round without interruption, and without contamination from soil, pesticides ...
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Creative Projects: Getting Parents Involved [PDF]
, 2008 Drawing upon data from a large-scale research project, the publication provides insights for schools into how creative approaches to the curriculum engage families and communities.
O'Sullivan, Olivia, Safford, Kimberly
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Discover FoodHome gardening is a game-changer for ensuring food security, benefiting both farming and non-farming households alike. Households that engage in gardening are not just growing crops; they are fostering diverse ecosystems by cultivating multiple plant ...
Kehinde Paul Adeosun +4 more
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The Right to the Sustainable Smart City [PDF]
, 2019 Environmental concerns have driven an interest in sustainable smart cities, through the monitoring and optimisation of networked infrastructures. At the same time, there are concerns about who these interventions and services are for, and who benefits ...
Baggio Aline +10 more
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IMPACT: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning. Volume 2, Issue 2, Summer 2013 [PDF]
, 2013 Impact: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning is a peer-reviewed, biannual online journal that publishes scholarly and creative non-fiction essays about the theory, practice and assessment of interdisciplinary education ...
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Le Nouveau Jardin Pittoresque: ethics, aesthetics and garden design in Belgium (1913-1940) [PDF]
, 2012 Le Nouveau Jardin Pittoresque (The New Picturesque Garden) association was founded in 1913 to ‘renew and popularize garden art’ in Belgium. Originally, the emancipation of the lower classes was put forward as an important task; the association acted as a
Notteboom, Bruno
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SAGE Open Medicine, 2020 Objectives: This study examined relationships between home and community gardening and older adults’ self-reported psychosocial and physical well-being, attitudes to aging relative to gardening activities and benefits of membership to a gardening group ...
Theresa L Scott +2 more
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Don’t Spray the Wasps! Using \u3ci\u3ePolistes\u3c/i\u3e Paper Wasps for Pest Management in the Home Garden [PDF]
, 2011 Pest control poses a challenge to all gardeners, especially those wishing to use organic practices. We examined the potential use of Polistes paper wasps as a bio-control agent in the organic backyard garden.
Goldsmith, Laura, Henshaw, Michael
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A phenomenological study of home baking: The ‘Rebirth of Romanticism' and the rise of the craft consumer [PDF]
This paper investigates home baking as an instance of ‘craft consumption' (Campbell, 2005) against the backdrop of rising participation in the phenomenon of home baking and the increasing importance of emotion in consumption defined as the ‘Rebirth of ...
Cheetham, Fiona, Jack, Alison
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Discover Public HealthHome gardens serve as dynamic interfaces between environmental sustainability and human health, providing active, immersive engagement with nature. This perspective examines the extensive biological and psychological benefits of gardening, positioning it
Quan-Hoang Vuong +3 more
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