FGCU Food Forest and Sustainability on Campus

A Reflection/ Review of the FGCU Food Forest and FGCU's Sustainability 

Rating: 6.5 / 10

Would I go back?: probably not.

Enjoyable Experiences: TBD

No so enjoyable experiences: Bugs, the heat, walking across campus, unrealistic ideals being told to the class.

The food forest was overall a bad experience, it was a total mess and had no real pathways. It is supposed to show how permaculture can be used to provide food while also being sustainable. Theoretically permaculture would work wonders for third world countries/ communities, and even some inner city communities. But it would require everyone to help out, and it would have to be HUGE to feed everyone. It is very unrealistic to think that everyone would pitch in to help, and its even more unrealistic to think that a permaculture could feed more than 5 - 10 people. 

The food forest, however, does fit perfectly with FGCU's sustainability motto. Wasn't it just a few months ago that FGCU's Board of Trustee's removed the word "practices" from its mission statement? FGCU really does the bare minimum to be sustainable, including having a Platinum LEED Certified building (which it was LEGALLY required to have) and, uprooting trees to put solar panels on the ground (instead of roofs?). FGCU's sustainability is all just an act, and the food forest is whack. 

Tree at the Food Forest