Stories From the garden
BEING A GENERATOR AND WEX STUDENT AT PAPER GARDEN
Rhaina Marshall, 18 years old, reflects on her work experience placement with Global Generation: You may ask- what does Global Generation do for the community? Or perhaps some are asking: what is the Paper Garden? These are questions I believe are essential to answer when discussing my own experiences as a Generator and as a student completing their work experience with Global Generation, because I have seen how important they are for the community.
LAUNCHING FILMS FOR THE LISTENING SPACE
Lucy Shiekh has been involved in Global Generation for over five years, first as a Generator (youth social activist), then as a Voices of the Earth Fellow. Her latest role as a community action researcher has been made possible thanks to a pioneering partnership with Dr Jane Myat and her colleagues involved in ‘The Listening Space’ an organic garden and associated activities, that sit in and around The Caversham Group Practice in Kentish Town. Financial support for Global Generation’s Action Research involvement with the Listening Space, came from UCL Partners. This is what Lucy has to say about her experience.
A YEAR OF CONCENTRIC CHANGES: HOW YOUNG PEOPLE HAD AN IMPACT ON ME, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE CLIMATE, AND THEMSELVES
I think about the discussion we had online and now I ask myself what would I select for a golden record that portrays the journey of the Story Garden’s youth groups? What feelings, challenges and learnings would they want to speak about?
Reflecting on the transition from participant to facilitator
I am Abena and as of a few weeks ago I have just begun my journey as an Assistant Youth Proects Coordinator.
BUILDING A PAPER GARDEN (PART 2)
For many years now, I have said that Global Generation has thrived in the slipstream of other people’s waste. Thanks to forward thinking property developers like British Land and Argent, we have been able to locate our community projects inside and adjacent to large scale construction projects. Inhabiting spaces that are usually out of bounds for community groups, means we are well placed to establish a circular culture which many in the construction world refer to as a circular economy.