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Pretti Good reason for a national strike. #NationalStrike

My “3-Minute Thesis” to share my vision, passion, outreach, and research to transform vacant buildings into urban farms with apartments #urbanfarms #housing #communitybasedeconomies #providenceri #veterans youtu.be/mkuIbJTDNig?...

Work by Battilana & Casciaro (news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...) on power discusses the importance of collective action. To give people opportunities to #mobilizepower we must reimagine #housing #foodsecurity & #community

This video clip from the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast identifies a problem I hope our work will address. In #ProvidenceRI there are many vacant buildings which we could use to pilot-test our concept but, even buildings which have been vacant for years, owners ask $3M to buy (431 Harris Ave)

I have been exploring how to repurpose a vacant building in #PVD #RI into an urban farm w/ apartments based on Japanese architect Yoshimi Kono’s work he accomplished in Tokyo: konodesigns.com/urban-farm/ We hope to show a model to reimagine #housing #urbanagriculture and #entrepreneurship

I recently went to graduate school to explore creative approaches to combine #housing #urbanagriculture & #entrepreneurship b/c of my passion to pursue paths to help improve quality of life for fellow veterans struggling - convinced we start w/ affordable housing, fresh produce, & engaged community

My hope in using vacant buildings as urban farms w/ apartments is to offer a different approach to #housing & #urbanagriculture to pilot-test an enriched life economy based on the Enriched Life Scale study: academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...

I teach on a Navy Base & am impacted by the current government shutdown. Someone recommended I read “The Pursuit of Happiness” by Jeffrey Rosen. I’m only 15 pages in but, it seems to me, iot pursue happiness, people can’t be constantly worried about housing costs & food prices #housing #foodsecurity