Week 3 Post 1
Ecoland/ Tempelhofer Feld: Public Communication of Health Sciences and Technologies. Find the community gardens at tempelhofer feld. Compare how they communicate sciences and/or technologies of health (such as nutrition, sustainability, etc.) What values are expressed? How are they similar? Different? Do you see any miscommunications?
The community garden/ “urban gardening section” at Tempelhof Feld and Ecoland have many similarities when it comes to producing foods that are of up most quality and are good for the body. Most notably the two focus on making the lives of people in tough situations better by giving them access to better nutrition, the ways they do this are entirely different though. At Ecoland farmers are given the opportunity to work for livable wages by providing nutritious and safe products for the company. This way the farmers have access to better nutrition and living situations for their families because now they can afford them. At Tempelhof, people are allowed to plant veggies and other foods at what used to be an airport, for free! This gives people who cant necessarily grow, or afford their own fruits and veggies access to healthy foods when they might not be able to get them else where. While both of these companies express values of caring for the greater good, Ecoland is a for profit organization, while the community gardens are not. Ecoland helps people by giving them money, while the community gardens give access to fresh foods both are awesome organizations looking to help people. I didn’t really notice any miscommunications when visiting the community gardens, or Ecoland, but I am sure I probably just missed something.