Outside of the Box Thinking

September 24th, 2012, 11:09 pm

Green Corridor 2012, is an experience like no other.. since day one we have been thrown into the creative process, and told to think “outside of the box.”

 Our team consists of four members, Syed Raza, a business student, Kate Stasiak, an environmental studies student specializing in resource management, Rachel Bondy, an environmental studies student specializing in policy and values, and Caleigh Arthur, a visual arts student. Together, as an interdisciplinary team, we will work to change Windsor’s downtown center.

As we began to narrow down what our area of interest would be for the project, we decided it would be best to each write down one word that symbolized a downtown sector. The themes of recycling, businesses, cafes, and community, were  brought forward.

The mind map above, is a replica of the one our group created. The initial four ideals branched off in many directions.

Ultimately, we decided that the main issue with the downtown city center, was that it is not considered a gathering place for the community as much of this attention had been focused on the waterfront area. We want to do a project that will not only increase the foot traffic in the area, which in turn helps business, but,  also create a fun environment that depicts a greener metropolitan area.

More details to come!

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Wild about Wildflowers!

May 18th, 2010, 11:07 pm

Image above: mindmap for Demonstration Wildflower Garden Group

It was during the first week of the Green Corridor class that the Demonstration Wildflower Garden group consisting of students excited about gardening was formed.  Through the combined efforts of everyone involved, a mindmap was created which allowed us to track our thoughts and reach a final decision about the main idea of the project and how it would be accomplished.  The intention is to have wildflower gardens planted in areas of urban decay to symbolically heal them using the local Aboriginal knowledge on medicinal plants while at the same time teaching others in the community about the ease of creating their own wildflower gardens.  The location of the first garden will be at the University of Windsor’s Ecohouse on California Avenue.

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