March 2024 - Urban Ark Technologies

What is Fractionation?

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024admin

Source: https://www.doi.gov/buybackprogram/fractionation#:~:text=What%20is%20Fractionation%3F,divided%20up%20among%20the%20heirs. What is Fractionation? As a result of the General Allotment Act of 1887, reservation land was divided up and allotted to individual Tribal members. After the death of…Continue readingWhat is Fractionation?

Community Identity The Unseen

Skid Row, Gallery Row and the space in between: cultural revitalisation and its impacts on two Los Angeles neighbourhoods

March 24, 2024March 24, 2024admin

Authors: Brady Collins collins.bradyj@gmail.com and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris sideris@ucla.eduAUTHORS INFO & AFFILIATIONS Publication: Town Planning Review. Research Article: 6 January 2016. Volume 87, Number 4 https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2016.27 Summary As a means for neighbourhood improvement, cultural urban revitalisation seeks to draw business growth and…Continue readingSkid Row, Gallery Row and the space in between: cultural revitalisation and its impacts on two Los Angeles neighbourhoods

Communal Healing

Federal funds boost Native American health services in San Francisco

March 23, 2024March 23, 2024admin

Source: https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/federal-funds-boost-native-american-health-services-in-san-francisco/article_93b55a00-1d07-5ff6-8700-596b52b08ac3.html “You can’t isolate an individual; you need to treat them in family and in community. That’s how humans act and interact. Even redwood trees relate to each other”…Continue readingFederal funds boost Native American health services in San Francisco

Indigenous Land Planning One Health, One Heart

Anchor Institutions: Addressing Community Needs

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024admin

How can anchor institutions catalyze change and positively impact the neighborhoods and communities that surround them? by Peter M. Dolkart, Regional Community Development Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Winter 2016…Continue readingAnchor Institutions: Addressing Community Needs

Urban Indian Crisis

Los Angeles: American Indian and Alaska Native Homelessness

March 16, 2024March 16, 2024admin

Source: https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Native-American-Homelessness-Briev_V111.pdf This policy brief was developed by: Molly Creighton and Elly Schoen January 20, 2020 Background Los Angeles County has a larger American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) population than any…Continue readingLos Angeles: American Indian and Alaska Native Homelessness

Ark Tech Food Sovereignty

4 Zoning Changes That Boost Local Food Security

March 10, 2024March 10, 2024admin

Zoning reform isn’t only about housing. Municipalities can help increase food access with local land-use law. Aug. 5, 2021 By GINA HERVEY Since the pandemic began, 10 percent of families with…Continue reading4 Zoning Changes That Boost Local Food Security

Food Sovereignty

World’s Most Technologically Advanced Indoor Vertical Farm in Compton

March 10, 2024March 10, 2024admin

West Coast’s only commercial-scale vertical farm will grow up to 4.5M pounds of produce annually to supply partners including Bristol Farms, Walmart and Whole Foods Market Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230518005381/en/Plenty-Opens-World%E2%80%99s-Most-Technologically-Advanced-Indoor-Vertical-Farm-in-Compton May 18,…Continue readingWorld’s Most Technologically Advanced Indoor Vertical Farm in Compton

One Heart

In Southern Brazil, Fishermen and Dolphins Forge Joint Culture

March 7, 2024March 10, 2024admin

Source: https://apnews.com/article/science-dolphins-and-porpoises-animals-queensland-brazil-47621bd822b462a91ba81bcf0c6ed4ee BY CHRISTINA LARSONPublished 12:55 PM PST, January 30, 2023 A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Accounts of people and dolphins working together to…Continue readingIn Southern Brazil, Fishermen and Dolphins Forge Joint Culture

Food Sovereignty

Third of the World’s Soil is Degraded

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024admin

Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/environment/world-soil-day-a-third-of-it-is-degraded-here-s-the-solution-countries-should-adopt-86364 Soil erosion mitigation through the application of sustainable soil management is critical for protecting our soil By Abhay Kumar Singh Published: Monday 05 December 2022 Soil is key to…Continue readingThird of the World’s Soil is Degraded

Food Sovereignty

Black soil in red: Climate change threatens world’s food basket

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024admin

Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/black-soil-in-red-climate-change-threatens-world-s-food-basket-86392 FAO report finds most black soils moderate to severely eroded due to land-use change, unsustainable practices By Shagun Published: Tuesday 06 December 2022 The inherent fertility of black soils make…Continue readingBlack soil in red: Climate change threatens world’s food basket

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