Program on the Environment

STUDENT PROFILES: Get a sneak peak at a student project from the upcoming PoE Capstone Symposium!

Student: Kiddist Emmanuel 

Class Standing: Senior

Major: Environmental Studies/Pre-Nursing

This past summer I had the opportunity to work at two P-Patch Gardens located in New Holly and High Point on behalf of the City of Seattle: Department of Neighborhoods. P-Patch Gardens are allotted plots designed for gardening for community members. As an act to reclaim our food, the P-Patch Gardening Program represents a powerful grassroots and civic engagement effort by community members who create and maintain these gardens. As part of the P-Patch Community Garden Program, the Market Gardens Program serves low income and immigrant families in New Holly and High Point to garden and sell produce to local residents. I dealt primarily with, but not limited to, community members of Southeast Asian and East African descent. My work focused on the Produce Stands that they open in the summer each year. 

As a result of my internship, I created this video as a form of outreach that has already received media attention through being awarded the winner under the category of Civil Relevance at the Seattle Center’s: A Story Runs through it Film Competition. This film, among other outreach activities, was made to help expand the audience that pays attention to these Produce Gardens and therefore the potential market, environmental and social value that they have.

To learn more about Kiddist’s project and other capstone projects at PoE’s upcoming Capstone Symposium!