Hello! As of today, June 9th, I have finished my three-week long experience at the Treganoon Farm Smallholding in Lanlivery, Cornwall. During this time, I’ve learned a lot about how locals (and the Cornish population in general) view local wildlife, everyday agricultural methods, and conservation. From local food preservation opportunities to the high prevalence of recycling and composting, I’m starting to understand how so many people in the region stay environmentally conscience, and why they believe it’s worth the effort to remain conservational.
So far, I have realized that many cities in Florida, including my hometown Tampa, lack sufficient opportunities for people of all socioeconomic status to access such integrated nature. For example, if people don’t have the space nor money to raise and foster native plants, those plants simply won’t be present in said communities. In Cornwall, it seems as though conditions from infrastructure to local charities prevent this ecological/economic divide, allowing for wildlife and nature to be prevalent anywhere and everywhere.
Considering this realization, I am certain that my CapStone project will discuss and compare the infrastructure and socioeconomic layouts between Cornwall, London, and Tampa, in order to understand how/why urban green space and local ecological awareness differs so greatly in each location. The picture I’ve attached to this blog is a typical road that I might have seen in Cornwall, in which hedges/ wildflowers, and trees line the roads to create mini ecosystems without infringing on people’s ability to travel. I’m super excited to explore this subject further; in the next few weeks, I will spend my free time in London exploring different conservational methods and urban green space structures to better form these comparisons!
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