W2 L2 food deserts & Dutch initiatives

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

GUERILLA GARDENING

A project for the rebels

• learn useful vocabulary
  around gardening.  
• learn all about guerilla gardening.
   
• read a text and answer questions.
• watch a TED-talk by a well-known guerilla gardener and answer questions.
• research other initiatives for guerilla gardening.
• write a proposal for your own guerilla garden initiative.

use the worksheets

 During this project you will:

TODAY'S LESSON:

• exploring 'food deserts' and
  if we have those here.
• find out about Dutch initiatives for guerilla gardening.
  
  What do you remember about food deserts from the last lesson?

"South Central Los Angeles: home of the drive-thru 

and the drive-by. Funny thing is, the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."

FOOD DESERTS

Imagine you had to do a TED-talk about food deserts... 

What kind of information would be useful/ necessary to research?

Quote by Ron Finley, guerrilla gardener (US)

SOURCE:

https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/a-guerilla-gardener

RESEARCH ONLINE: food desert/ voedselwoestijn

Write down two details you think
are important to share about food deserts:

+/- 6 minutes

Where do you find food deserts?

Discuss with your partner, come to one final answer.

 Be ready to share with the class.

They are not very common in the Netherlands.

Where do you find them and what kind of people have to live there?

+/- 3 - 5 minutes

Divide into groups of 3.

The teacher will assign you with a Dutch guerilla gardening initiative to research.

Together you will create a poster  + a slogan, in English, to inspire others to try this out.

 +/- 20 - 25 minutes

seed bombs - bijenhotel - boomspiegels 

tuinboon-je-mee -  geveltuinen  

 NK tegelwippen

Dutch Gangsta Gardeners?

You can find the worksheets in Teams - Lease Material - Interior & Design - Y2 - Guerilla Gardening

Original source:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/story-zone/a2-b1-stories/the-green-wars-a2/b1

Upload your poster to Padlet:
            (link on board)

Or upload via Lessonup:

             (next slide)

+/- 10 - 15 minutes

Presenting your poster

seed bombs - bijenhotel -

tuinboon-je-mee - boomspiegels - geveltuinen - NK tegelwippen

You can find the worksheets in Teams - Lease Material - Interior & Design - Y2 - Guerilla Gardening

Original source:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/story-zone/a2-b1-stories/the-green-wars-a2/b1

Upload your poster here:

Include the names of yourself + your group members

Upload your slogan here:

Include the names of yourself + your group members

Which of these guerilla gardening
initiatives appeals most to you?

seed bombs

bee/ insect hotels

home-grown vegetable garden

fill up public planters/ around trees

shallow facade gardens

removing pavement tiles for greenery

TEST Wat voor Guerrilla Gardener ben jij?
https://guerrillagardeners.nl/tips/aandeslag/

(Optional)       +/- 3 minutes

 TEST:  Wat voor Guerrilla Gardener ben jij?

https://guerrillagardeners.nl/tips/aandeslag/

Do you think that guerilla gardening is a strong weapon against food deserts?

Are these Dutch ideas a good example of guerilla gardening?

What types of 'vacant lots' does the Netherlands 

have a lot of? What could you do with them?

Evaluation

next class: flowers & veggies