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Urban Gardening Initiatives

Individuals cultivate urban gardens, emphasizing community agriculture efforts that foster social connections and promote sustainable food practices.

A woman works the land, loosens and weeds.

Young pinot noir vines a person watering with in the plant school nursery Bodega Del Fin Del Mundo A+ The End of the World - Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina.

230111-N-ML137-1015 KEKAHA, Hawai`i (Jan. 11, 2023) Kawehi Harris, a biological science technician for Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, searches a vegetative area of the installation during an albatross egg sweep of the installation. This event is part of PMRFs annual Laysan Albatross Translocation Program whose purpose is to collect viable albatross eggs from hazardous areas on the base in order to send them to safer nests on other parts of the island. PMRF is the worlds largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space operations simultaneously.

Man compares filtered and unfiltered sewerage water in Providence, Rhode Island.

Woman removing fallen leaves from a ground-covering perennial in autumn.

FRA - BRITTANY - AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL BRETAGNEIn the remote countryside of central Brittany, at the end of a road that the GPS has difficulty pointing out, one ends up reaching the place called Kerlanic, called by its residents "Oasis Kerlanic". He was nicknamed that because, for someone who tries to escape the frenzy of our society, it is as if he were in the desert and found, in the middle of nowhere, an oasis.It is a place where we live in autonomy and in harmony with nature, a place where everyone is welcome and who preaches an alternative lifestyle.FRA - BRETAGNE - UNE COMMUNAUTÉ AUTONOME EN CENTRE BRETAGNEDans la campagne reculée du Centre Bretagne, au bout dune route que le GPS peine à indiquer, on finit par atteindre le lieu-dit Kerlanic, appelé par ses résidents « Oasis Kerlanic ». Il a été surnommé comme cela car, pour quelquun qui cherche à fuir la frénésie de notre société, cest comme sil était dans le désert et quil trouvait, au milieu de nulle part,

Planting herb spiral, herb spiral

Working on soil with a grelinette in August

Creation of cold frame

Portugal, Coimbra region, Arganil on 2022-05-05. Report on the eco-village of Loural in the mountains of central Portugal. Here, the Klein family and their partners have been working on an ambitious project for a few years. The project is to rehabilitate a small village that has been abandoned since the year 2000 into an eco-location. On 30 hectares, the collective protects and improves the ecosystem by practising organic agriculture, reforestation and the production of green energy. In the process of restoration, this small stone village is moving towards food and energy autonomy and its vegetation is gradually coming back to life. The place is starting to provide integrative health training and artistic activities, its final vocation. Portugal, region de Coimbra, Arganil le 2022-05-05. Reportage a leco-village de Loural dans les montagnes du centre du Portugal. Ici, la famille Klein et leurs associes se sont lance dans un projet ambitieux depuis quelques annees. Celui de rehabiliter

Stanley Park High School, School, Europe, United Kingdom, Surrey, 2011, Haverstock Associates LLP. The school garden.

Lasagna bed ; plant fruits in lasagna bed. In soils that are poor, rocky, clayey or simply grassy, lasagna is a magical solution for planting fruit trees.

Installation of "Lasagna" kitchen garden in a city

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Green For All's "Dig In" at Riverside Valley Community Garden with actor Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO of Green For All , Environmental Protection Agency

Jardiniers du jardin des plantes, Le Mans, Sarthe, France

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Local Farmers Market and Briefing at Tulane (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Detroit, Michigan, Gary Gray works in Emerald Garden, the garden he has built on two vacant lots in the city's Morningside neighborhood. Due to depopulation, Detroit has thousands of vacant lots that many residents are turning into parks or gardens

Man spraying plant protection products in the garden

Gardener cleaning up yellow leaves outdoors in autumn for recycling

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Photo submitted by GED , Environmental Protection Agency

Engineer smelling flower on field at solar power station

Aeryn picks her first harvest which includes zucchini, swiss chard, yellow squash and cucumbers on October 14, 2010. The Venice Community Garden broke ground in April, 2010. Soil tests revealed high levels of arsenic and lead because of previous uses which included a railroad line going through the lot. Steps were taken which included adding protective layers and adding new soil. Planting began in August and the first harvest was in October, 2010. Venice, California, USA

Horsetail manure step by step making in a garden

France, Brittany, Dinan on 2020-09-15. The citizen's movement of the shared gardens proposes to the inhabitants to produce themselves fruits and vegetables in urban agriculture. The objective is not only productive, but also has a real social and pedagogical interest, and it is spreading all over the world, not only in big cities, as here in Dinan, a small town of 11,000 inhabitants in Brittany, documented through a garden of fruit trees in the heart of the priority district of Cite Lecuyer.Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan le 2020-09-15. Le mouvement citoyen des jardins partages propose aux habitants de produire eux-memes des fruits et legumes en agriculture urbaine. Par ailleurs, l'objectif n'est pas uniquement productif car, derrière ce mouvement, on retrouve un réel interet social et pédagogique.Il s'etend aujourd'hui dans le monde entier et pas uniquement dans les grandes villes comme ici, à Dinan, une petite commune de 11000 habitants en Bretagne documente a

Cold frame, manure bed, earth is raked, rake

Planting bag with potting soil

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Belgium, Brussels, 2021-02-23. In Anderlecht, Les Moutons Bruxellois, is a project of David, an urban shepherd, who has started a sheep farm, meat and wool, working in an extensive way. This report is part of a large project on urban agriculture in Brussels. Photography by Martin Bertrand.Belgique, Bruxelles, le 2021-02-23. A Anderlecht, Les Moutons Bruxellois, est un projet de David, berger urbain, qui a lance un elevage de moutons, viande et laine, en travaillant de maniere extensive. Ce reportage s inscrit dans un grand projet sur l agriculture urbaine a Bruxelles. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Gardens in the Fenway , Parks, Community gardens, Gardening. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Worker in a recycling factory or clean point and garbage with a face mask and with security protections, new normal, coronavirus pandemic, covid-19. Portrait in the container of the bad herb

Reportage on Jessica from the Chubri Institute who travels around Brittany to meet Gallo speakers in order to safeguard the linguistic heritage.Reportage sur Jessica de l'Institut Chubri qui parcourt la Bretagne à la rencontre de locuteurs du Gallo pour sauvegarder le patrimoine linguistique.

A woman and a compost heap, Sweden.

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

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Gardens in the Fenway , Parks, Community gardens, Gardening. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

front view kids watching sprouts grow home

Mature owner watering green plants at greenhouse

Netherlands, Amsterdam on 2020-07-03. Reportage about shared gardens and urban agriculture in Amsterdam. Here the collective utility garden Nutstuinen Bongerd. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Pays-Bas, Amsterdam le 2020-07-03. Reportage sur les jardins partages et l'agriculture urbaine a Amsterdam. Ici le jardin utilitaire collectif Nutstuinen Bongerd. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

City of Boston Greenhouses at Franklin Park , Greenhouses, Horticulture, Plants. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Creation of cold frame, compost, soil

woman works on the ground growing organic plants, fruits and vegetable

France. Paris. 20th district. Jean jacques Pascal and Sarah Feuillette : Community composting Project in Paris

A woman waters her urban farming plot in a immigrant community of Denver, CO.

Office of Multimedia Operations and Services - Greenscene Botanic Gardens Time Lapse , Environmental Protection Agency

Woman hugging a bush Environmental protection

Archaeologist Tyler Olsen with Colorado State Universitys Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands working in partnership with Fort McCoy's Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch works on an archaeology survey on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis., on July 14, 2022. Olsen has participated in many digs at Fort McCoy. This survey is looking at areas were cement pads were located where troops placed military tents and bivouacked nearly 90 years ago. Archaeology work has been ongoing on Fort McCoy for decades to not only look back and document the post's military history, but also the area's distant past where artifacts thousands of years old have been found.

Adding biologic fertilizer in vegetal mould

Girl replanting vegetable seedlings from tray to greenhouse. Taking care of garden and planting spring vegetable, herbs. Young girl replanting vegetable seedlings from tray to greenhouse. Taking care of garden and planting spring vegetable, herbs. model released

Office of the Administrator - Santa Barbara , Environmental Protection Agency

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Farmer Planting Seedlings On Organic Farm

Environmental Portrait at the Green Lab

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Archaeologist Tyler Olsen with Colorado State Universitys Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands working in partnership with Fort McCoy's Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch works on an archaeology survey on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis., on July 14, 2022. Olsen has participated in many digs at Fort McCoy. This survey is looking at areas were cement pads were located where troops placed military tents and bivouacked nearly 90 years ago. Archaeology work has been ongoing on Fort McCoy for decades to not only look back and document the post's military history, but also the area's distant past where artifacts thousands of years old have been found.

President George Bush, Secretary Gale Norton, and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, left to right, on tour of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

Earth Day-related visit by Secretary Gale Norton to south Florida to view work of new facility in Davie devoted to eradication of invasive species andprotection of fragile wetlands ecosystems, and to view ceremonial release into the Everglades of a sap-sucking bug to fight harmful spread of melaleuca plant

Office of Research and Development - 2010 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3)_EPA at 40 , Environmental Protection Agency

Personal gardens in Fenway , Parks, Community gardens, Gardening. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Archaeologist Tyler Olsen with Colorado State Universitys Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands working in partnership with Fort McCoy's Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch works on an archaeology survey on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis., on July 14, 2022. Olsen has participated in many digs at Fort McCoy. This survey is looking at areas were cement pads were located where troops placed military tents and bivouacked nearly 90 years ago. Archaeology work has been ongoing on Fort McCoy for decades to not only look back and document the post's military history, but also the area's distant past where artifacts thousands of years old have been found.

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2010 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Personal gardens in Fenway , Parks, Community gardens, Gardening. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

woman works on the ground growing organic plants, fruits and vegetable

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Moor protection is climate protection, reintroduction of cultivated peat moss (Sphagnum) in Leegmoor, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Law And Order, Police, Drugs Raid, 'Marijuana Grown Under Heat Lights In Residential Home, Discovered During Drugs Bust. Evidence Being Bagged And Tagged By Policewoman.'

Office of Multimedia Operations and Services - Greenscene Botanic Gardens Time Lapse , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Green For All's "Dig In" at Riverside Valley Community Garden with actor Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO of Green For All , Environmental Protection Agency

France, Brittany, Dinan on 2021-06-23. The citizen's movement of the shared gardens proposes to the inhabitants to produce themselves fruits and vegetables in urban agriculture. The objective is not only productive, because behind this movement, there is a real social and educational interest. It is now spreading all over the world and not only in big cities like here, in Dinan, a small town of 11000 inhabitants in Brittany, documented through the large Jardin Convivial du Val de Rance of 2600 m2. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan le 2021-06-23. Le mouvement citoyen des jardins partages propose aux habitants de produire eux-memes des fruits et legumes en agriculture urbaine. Par ailleurs, l'objectif n'est pas uniquement productif car, derrière ce mouvement, on retrouve un réel interet social et pédagogique. Il s'etend aujourd'hui dans le monde entier et pas uniquement dans les grandes villes comme ici, à Dinan, une petite commune de 11000 habitants en Bretagne docu

Office of the Administrator - Atlanta , Environmental Protection Agency

WWF Family

Farmer showing seedling for reforestation of previously clear land in the Amazon rain forest, tree nursery co-operative of small farmers who were resettled under the land reform, Entre Rios Province, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

France, Brittany, Dinan on 2021-09-22. The citizen's movement of shared gardens proposes to the inhabitants to produce themselves fruits and vegetables in urban agriculture. In addition, the objective is not only productive because, behind this movement, we find a real social and educational interest. It is now spreading all over the world and not only in big cities like here, in Dinan, a small town of 11000 inhabitants in Brittany documented through a large collective garden at the foot of the medieval city walls where each person rents his or her own large plot. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan le 2021-09-22. Le mouvement citoyen des jardins partages propose aux habitants de produire eux-memes des fruits et legumes en agriculture urbaine. Par ailleurs, l'objectif n'est pas uniquement productif car, derrière ce mouvement, on retrouve un réel interet social et pédagogique. Il s'etend aujourd'hui dans le monde entier et pas uniquement dans les grandes villes comme

in a garden with a solar panel embracing sustainable agriculture

France, Brittany, Dinan on 2020-09-15. The citizen's movement of the shared gardens proposes to the inhabitants to produce themselves fruits and vegetables in urban agriculture. The objective is not only productive, but also has a real social and pedagogical interest, and it is spreading all over the world, not only in big cities, as here in Dinan, a small town of 11,000 inhabitants in Brittany, documented through a garden of fruit trees in the heart of the priority district of Cite Lecuyer.Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan le 2020-09-15. Le mouvement citoyen des jardins partages propose aux habitants de produire eux-memes des fruits et legumes en agriculture urbaine. Par ailleurs, l'objectif n'est pas uniquement productif car, derrière ce mouvement, on retrouve un réel interet social et pédagogique.Il s'etend aujourd'hui dans le monde entier et pas uniquement dans les grandes villes comme ici, à Dinan, une petite commune de 11000 habitants en Bretagne documente a

Mature man discarding kitchen scraps on compost pile

Netherlands, Amsterdam on 2020-07-03. Reportage about shared gardens and urban agriculture in Amsterdam. Here the collective utility garden Nutstuinen Bongerd. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Pays-Bas, Amsterdam le 2020-07-03. Reportage sur les jardins partages et l'agriculture urbaine a Amsterdam. Ici le jardin utilitaire collectif Nutstuinen Bongerd. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

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A man recycling aluminium cans, Sweden.

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