by Emily Bhargava | Sep 27, 2015 | community health, Uncategorized, youth development
Does that title make any sense? An organization called Wilderness Inquiry organizes events across the country that they call “Canoemobile” to introduce youth to their waterways and to help them learn about ecology. As part of Somerville’s first...
by Emily Bhargava | Sep 8, 2015 | community health, Uncategorized
Once again Connection Lab helped to bring food security data to the Ignite festival of food and fire by laser-cutting information into vegetables. Take a look at some of the beautiful examples created by Rahul. And take a moment to think about some of the disturbing...
by Emily Bhargava | Aug 4, 2015 | community art, community health, Uncategorized, youth development
After a few more mosaic sessions with about 70 youth participating, the mosaic garden bed numbers are coming along beautifully. We’re creating variations on a theme, with each number placed inside a circle, and many other design elements being determined by the...
by Emily Bhargava | Aug 4, 2015 | community health, Uncategorized
Two of the larger projects that Connection Lab has been working on lately are related, but they’re not formally connected. The first project is helping the Greater Boston Suicide Prevention Coalition conduct and analyze a series of focus groups to learn about...
by Emily Bhargava | Jul 20, 2015 | community art, community health, Uncategorized, youth development
What’s Connection Lab’s favorite thing to do? Collaborative art in the interest of public health! And what does a community garden need to make it appealing in the winter as well as in the summer? A mural? Yes! We’ve done that. What else?… Frost-proof mosaics!...