Hi folks! I am looking for examples of when communities have taken action to remediate an environmental contamination or mitigate exposure to it, without requesting funding or intervention by governmental agencies. Most of the examples of neighborhood hazard mitigation that I've seen have been funded by the EPA or state environmental agencies, and I am hoping to learn from situations where communities have self-organized, funded, and implemented remediation or mitigation strategies. Please answer below if you know of any!
Question: Do you know examples of direct community environmental interventions?
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gretchengehrke asked on October 17, 2017 21:29
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Here's an example of phytoremediation in the Bronx with La Finca del Sur garden and Kaja Kuhl http://newyork.thecityatlas.org/lab/field-lab/
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Here's an example of mycoremediation on the Newtown Creek site, on soil above a below ground oil spill bigger than the Exxon Valdez: http://www.newtowncreekalliance.org/fairy-rings-2-0-jan-mun-brings-her-work-to-the-exxonmobile-greenpoint-petroleum-remediation-site/
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Mel Chin's phytoremediation land art in collaboration with USDA, 1991-ongoing: http://melchin.org/oeuvre/revival-field
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Agnes Denes' Tree Mountain, a fractal-like planting of trees on a landform re-constructed over a former mining site http://www.agnesdenesstudio.com/works5.html
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Zachary Damato's project of floating gardens on the Chicago River http://urbanriv.org/ Prior examples in NYC by landscape architects Gena Wirth ( @gwirth ), current examples by Diana Balmori http://www.balmori.com/portfolio/growonus
Here's a how-to from around the interwebs: http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/how-to-build-a-floating-trash-island.html
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