Community gardens
are really
important amenities in city spaces.
They provide urban greenspace.
They provide access to local food.
Our goal is to help everyone
to become
a sustainable gardener,
learn how to grow better.
Urban Gardens can act as a sort of refuge
for pollinators
because urban spaces are characterized
by so many impervious surfaces
like roads,
buildings, sidewalks,
a good urban
garden provides
food, forage for bees
and also nesting sites.
Pollinators are responsible
for pollinating up
to 75% of our staple food crop.
I think gardening is perhaps
the easiest way for people
to get involved
with pollinator conservation.
The whole concept of community gardens
is to build community
so that everyone has access
to a safe space
where they can connect with gardens
and grow their own food.
This is something we need
to do for the planet.
I mean, it's it's look around.
I mean, we have so much plastic
and this is just a small fraction of it.
Pyrolysis is the breakdown
of plastic chains
from their large
size down
to smaller sizes
in the absence of oxygen.
These carbon hydrocarbon
chains would break down
and vaporize instead of combusting.
And we break them
down into the size of diesel.
Instead of
taking the oil from the ground
and then distilling it,
which is a normal process.
We take a very clean material,
which are plastics
and we break those down
and we produce a very nice clean
diesel from it.
We've mixed biomass
like seaweed in with the plastic.
So to simulate ocean plastics
and we can make diesel.
This project, the big goal of it
is to
have this
small reactor implemented
into underserved communities
and to be able to actually run
and produce
these fuels that people can use
for the boats, the tractors.
I'd like to eliminate all plastic waste.
What caused me to become blind
was a pituitary tumor.
Being blind kind of forces you
to have a better memory.
You might climb
a route a few times,
and every time
you're about to reach a certain handhold,
might two inches above your hand,
you might think like, Oh, I just know.
Because I remember
there's a hold over there.
I think I might
have been climbing for about 15 years.
Yeah, it feels amazing to get to the top.
Him being out here was super
cool for me to see,
and I think it kind of proves
that people can accomplish anything.
I'm still constantly learning,
even though I've been like climbing for
probably eight years now.
My experience with the ALI has
been amazing.
We're like a small community.
Meeting new climbers
is probably one of my favorite things.
We have a lot of gear and different ways
that we could adapt
to make sure everyone finds
what suits them.
I've gotten a ton of opportunities
that I,
I don't know
if I ever would have gotten to try
if it weren't for them.
I definitely say that
anyone can rock climb,
even if it seems difficult at first.