Jason Phillips
@rewriteourworld.bsky.social
Exploring a vision to combine #housing, #urbanagriculture & #entrepreneurship for fellow veterans to model improved quality of life in our cities for non-veterans. We hope our vision showcases a way to mobilize power & create value for community members.
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I have been exploring how to repurpose a vacant building in #PVD #RI into an urban farm w/ apartments based on Japanese architect Yoshimi Kono’s work he accomplished in Tokyo: konodesigns.com/urban-farm/
We hope to show a model to reimagine #housing #urbanagriculture and #entrepreneurship
We hope to show a model to reimagine #housing #urbanagriculture and #entrepreneurship
Work by Battilana & Casciaro (news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...)
on power discusses the importance of collective action. To give people opportunities to #mobilizepower we must reimagine #housing #foodsecurity & #community
on power discusses the importance of collective action. To give people opportunities to #mobilizepower we must reimagine #housing #foodsecurity & #community
Taking a closer look at a democratized vision of power
In a new book, “Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business,” Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro argue that power is available to everyone and is a necessary force for chang...
news.harvard.edu
October 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Work by Battilana & Casciaro (news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...)
on power discusses the importance of collective action. To give people opportunities to #mobilizepower we must reimagine #housing #foodsecurity & #community
on power discusses the importance of collective action. To give people opportunities to #mobilizepower we must reimagine #housing #foodsecurity & #community
This video clip from the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast identifies a problem I hope our work will address. In #ProvidenceRI there are many vacant buildings which we could use to pilot-test our concept but, even buildings which have been vacant for years, owners ask $3M to buy (431 Harris Ave)
October 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This video clip from the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast identifies a problem I hope our work will address. In #ProvidenceRI there are many vacant buildings which we could use to pilot-test our concept but, even buildings which have been vacant for years, owners ask $3M to buy (431 Harris Ave)
I have been exploring how to repurpose a vacant building in #PVD #RI into an urban farm w/ apartments based on Japanese architect Yoshimi Kono’s work he accomplished in Tokyo: konodesigns.com/urban-farm/
We hope to show a model to reimagine #housing #urbanagriculture and #entrepreneurship
We hope to show a model to reimagine #housing #urbanagriculture and #entrepreneurship
October 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I have been exploring how to repurpose a vacant building in #PVD #RI into an urban farm w/ apartments based on Japanese architect Yoshimi Kono’s work he accomplished in Tokyo: konodesigns.com/urban-farm/
We hope to show a model to reimagine #housing #urbanagriculture and #entrepreneurship
We hope to show a model to reimagine #housing #urbanagriculture and #entrepreneurship
I recently went to graduate school to explore creative approaches to combine #housing #urbanagriculture & #entrepreneurship b/c of my passion to pursue paths to help improve quality of life for fellow veterans struggling - convinced we start w/ affordable housing, fresh produce, & engaged community
October 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I recently went to graduate school to explore creative approaches to combine #housing #urbanagriculture & #entrepreneurship b/c of my passion to pursue paths to help improve quality of life for fellow veterans struggling - convinced we start w/ affordable housing, fresh produce, & engaged community
My hope in using vacant buildings as urban farms w/ apartments is to offer a different approach to #housing & #urbanagriculture to pilot-test an enriched life economy based on the Enriched Life Scale study:
academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...
academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...
The Enriched Life Scale (ELS): Development, exploratory factor analysis, and preliminary construct validity for U.S. military veteran and civilian samples
This paper establishes preliminary psychometric properties of the Enriched Life Scale - a promising instrument to measure an enriched life.
academic.oup.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My hope in using vacant buildings as urban farms w/ apartments is to offer a different approach to #housing & #urbanagriculture to pilot-test an enriched life economy based on the Enriched Life Scale study:
academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...
academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...
I teach on a Navy Base & am impacted by the current government shutdown. Someone recommended I read “The Pursuit of Happiness” by Jeffrey Rosen. I’m only 15 pages in but, it seems to me, iot pursue happiness, people can’t be constantly worried about housing costs & food prices #housing #foodsecurity
October 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I teach on a Navy Base & am impacted by the current government shutdown. Someone recommended I read “The Pursuit of Happiness” by Jeffrey Rosen. I’m only 15 pages in but, it seems to me, iot pursue happiness, people can’t be constantly worried about housing costs & food prices #housing #foodsecurity