Thursday, May 7, 2009

Milena Velba Wikepitia

Intercultural Community Gardens courtyard greening

was originally the idea of community gardens in the 1970s in New York and was known as the Community Gardens. In Germany, came in late due to the association "International Gardens" from a concept developed in Göttingen, and served the understanding and integration. The concept is based on the idea of communication between migrants Flüchtligen, guest workers and residents to promote integration and to make it possible. Trigger for the dissemination of the intercultural community gardens in Germany were Women from Bosnia, from their homes due to the then war, fled and began again in Germany to maintain gardens.
In Austria there is now more recently Gartenpolylog. It is an association of the idea of trying interkutlurellen community gardens spread. It supports existing projects and which even tried to initiate. Intercultural community gardens to promote a mix of people, or people of different age, sex, origin, social background and horticultural know-how. The communication between the exchange and conservation of crop diversity and the self-introduction-set of each individual the central themes dar. The can work together in the garden seen as a continuous exercise in group dynamics, for joint action promotes addition to the above items, group cohesion and integration. Especially when coming together of people from different cultural background that is important. Above all, people who are marginalized because of their origin in our society to see the possibility in social life. Projects of this kind show that a new definition of integration is necessary and that to the extent that integration of migrant participation in social life means. This is to ensure through exchanges and joint activities. When gardening, the one double effect, because the people meet with different knowledge and different approaches to food, since it is the loss of the known food is an additional complication in another country.
An example of the form of trust establishment through the food shows in the AsywerberInnenheim Greifenstein, where they jointly manage an organic garden. The property includes approximately 18 000m ² and is staffed by about 50 adult AsywerberInnen. The reason is that many mental health problems, some are physically and very few are allowed to work in Austria. In addition to the foreign environment, the stranger is so often the Eating strange. Therefore, this establishes a starting point for a little confidence in the new situation create by giving them grow familiar fruits and vegetables and prepare food to their countries of origin.
gardening is an everyday activity associated. There are already over Austria gardens that can be used for these projects. But in a city like Vienna, where cultivable land are not available in abundance, the creation of such facilities would be desirable. Also worth noting is that this form of gardens often not only organizations but also about self-organization is running. Self-organize to say that a group of autonomous people gets together and independently managed by an institution, in this case a bottom.
are many forms of intercultural community gardens as there as a collaboration with elementary schools, asylum seekers, gardens meet where young and old people, etc.
Another possibility would be to create a community garden in conjunction with a courtyard greening, in Vienna, for example is that of the community support.
What is now grown in an intercultural community garden? This is different depending on the size and circumstances. It can of orchards to a small raised bed, and herb-rich worm. In some cities People also park there to use to sow flowers and thereby to beautify the city. How do such gardens is very different. It can stand behind an organization like the Gartenpolylog or people who already have a garden and do not manage alone. The
Gartenpolylog held once a year, "Network meeting on intercultural community gardens. This year's theme "Intercultural Community Gardens as a green place to learn". The conference provides organizations, teachers and private individuals a platform to network with each other.

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