Implementing more plant life around the La Trobe University, Bundoora campus, will have many positive effects on the environment, the community and individuals.
To kick start this project, we could organise a specific day for a working bee. By advertising around the University, we could hopefully draw some interest from students of all different study areas.
A stall could be set up on the day, displaying a great range of different plant, flower, fruit, vegetable and tree seeds that students have the opportunity of planting, growing, nurturing and enjoying.
This event will work as an ongoing project, where students will revisit their work and maintain the plant life. If need be, more working bees can be organised in the future.
We could involve students from different study areas that may be able to contribute to this event academically. For example, we could have nutrition students tell others what purposes a certain vegetable or fruit has to help them decide on what they would like to grow. By doing this, we can all become more aware and educated about healthy living and eating.
The foods and plants that are grown on campus can be beneficial across many university faculties. For example, it could be used in botany, nutrition, biology, environmental studies, cooking classes, and many more. These faculties that are particularly involved with foods, plants and the environment would be encouraged to get involved in this project, as it could be a project to help further develop their field.
If it seems to be that we are growing more then what is needed, we can set up a stall at the La Trobe weekly markets, that way we can open up our fresh produce to the locals. This will also help raise money for the project to keep on funding itself.
If proven successful at the Bundoora campus, we could also implement this into other La Trobe campuses.
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