Community gARden is an exploration of how human connection can be augmented without needing to be face to face. The lack of green spaces and access to nature for inner cities leads to diminished emotional health. gARden seeks to explore this particular phenomenon on college campuses that are seeing spikes in mental health issues. gARden utilizes existing green spaces on campuses and allows students to “grow” their garden virtually, while leaving their stories with it. The thoughts left behind would be entirely anonymous and can be text-to-voice or voice modulated. Students are able to anchor their stories to a specific plant in the garden. Because the plants have life cycles that are being technically rendered, stories disappear with the plants to make space for new ones.
Leadership
Aishwarya Tare
College of Information Studies