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SYSTEM and Solar One Vertical Garden RenderingWhile other youngsters spent the summer playing video games, the kids in Greenpoint's <a href="http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/wallerstein/SYSTEM" target="_blank">SYSTEM program</a> (Summer Youth in Science Technology Engineering and Math) were able to accomplish a feat most adults have never even tried - building a vertical garden farm from scratch. The industrious teens were led by <a href="http://www.solar1.org/" target="_blank">Solar One</a> educator Joe Chavez as part of a summer educational internship sponsored by the <a href="http://www.ymcanyc.org/greenpoint" target="_blank">Greenpoint YMCA</a>, the <a href="http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/wallerstein/SYSTEM" target="_blank">NYU Wallerstein Collaborative</a> and <a href="http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/" target="_blank">ExxonMobil</a>, and learned how to build a flourishing urban farm for the space-strapped <a href="http://lentolgarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lentol Garden</a> in their Brooklyn neighborhood. Students worked to maximize growing space in a small area, creating a thriving home for enthusiastic climbers like strawberries, mint, basil and flowering perennials.1
SYSTEM and Solar One Vertical GardenWhile other youngsters spent the summer playing video games, the kids in Greenpoint's <a href="http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/wallerstein/SYSTEM" target="_blank">SYSTEM program</a> (Summer Youth in Science Technology Engineering and Math) were able to accomplish a feat most adults have never even tried - building a vertical garden farm from scratch. The industrious teens were led by <a href="http://www.solar1.org/" target="_blank">Solar One</a> educator Joe Chavez as part of a summer educational internship sponsored by the <a href="http://www.ymcanyc.org/greenpoint" target="_blank">Greenpoint YMCA</a>, the <a href="http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/wallerstein/SYSTEM" target="_blank">NYU Wallerstein Collaborative</a> and <a href="http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/" target="_blank">ExxonMobil</a>, and learned how to build a flourishing urban farm for the space-strapped <a href="http://lentolgarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lentol Garden</a> in their Brooklyn neighborhood. Students worked to maximize growing space in a small area, creating a thriving home for enthusiastic climbers like strawberries, mint, basil and flowering perennials.2
SYSTEM and SOLAR ONE Vertical GardenWhile other youngsters spent the summer playing video games, the kids in Greenpoint's <a href="http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/wallerstein/SYSTEM" target="_blank">SYSTEM program</a> (Summer Youth in Science Technology Engineering and Math) were able to accomplish a feat most adults have never even tried - building a vertical garden farm from scratch. The industrious teens were led by <a href="http://www.solar1.org/" target="_blank">Solar One</a> educator Joe Chavez as part of a summer educational internship sponsored by the <a href="http://www.ymcanyc.org/greenpoint" target="_blank">Greenpoint YMCA</a>, the <a href="http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/wallerstein/SYSTEM" target="_blank">NYU Wallerstein Collaborative</a> and <a href="http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/" target="_blank">ExxonMobil</a>, and learned how to build a flourishing urban farm for the space-strapped <a href="http://lentolgarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lentol Garden</a> in their Brooklyn neighborhood. Students worked to maximize growing space in a small area, creating a thriving home for enthusiastic climbers like strawberries, mint, basil and flowering perennials.3
SYSTEM and SOLAR ONE PROGRAM Vertical GardenWhile other youngsters spent the summer playing video games, the kids in Greenpoint's <a href="http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/wallerstein/SYSTEM" target="_blank">SYSTEM program</a> (Summer Youth in Science Technology Engineering and Math) were able to accomplish a feat most adults have never even tried - building a vertical garden farm from scratch. The industrious teens were led by <a href="http://www.solar1.org/" target="_blank">Solar One</a> educator Joe Chavez as part of a summer educational internship sponsored by the <a href="http://www.ymcanyc.org/greenpoint" target="_blank">Greenpoint YMCA</a>, the <a href="http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/wallerstein/SYSTEM" target="_blank">NYU Wallerstein Collaborative</a> and <a href="http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/" target="_blank">ExxonMobil</a>, and learned how to build a flourishing urban farm for the space-strapped <a href="http://lentolgarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lentol Garden</a> in their Brooklyn neighborhood. Students worked to maximize growing space in a small area, creating a thriving home for enthusiastic climbers like strawberries, mint, basil and flowering perennials.4
