Bechtel Terrace Technological and Educational Rooftop Garden

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Project Sponsor: Hispanic Engineers and Scientists

Amount Awarded: $5,000

Grant Awarded: Fall 2021 

Project Status: Complete

Project Description 

The goals of this project are to pilot new technologies for rooftop gardening and to enrich educational experiences in environmental sustainability at Cal. The pace of research in the science and engineering of rooftop gardens has increased as urban agriculture has become increasingly popular over the last decade. These technologies have the potential to contribute in important ways to more green and equitable cities. A successful rooftop garden pilot study at the Bechtel Terrace site would be the first demonstration site at UC Berkeley for rooftop garden technologies. In this way, we expect that a rooftop garden project will have several important outcomes for the scientific community.

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