An existing campus garden has grown into a sustainability makerspace, with an outdoor classroom and areas for collaborative undergraduate research geared toward sustainability concepts and practices.
Supported by the Subaru of Indiana Automotive Foundation, American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Environmental Engineering Division and alumni Becky and Frank Levinson, the initiative is being led by student members of the Engineers for a Sustainable World organization, HERE program and Gardening Club.
“Our new outdoor makerspace is a living, growing educational environment that will allow students, professors and community groups to see sustainability in practice. There’s unlimited potential for this campus space,” said HERE program director Jennifer Mueller, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering.
The garden grows…
