ABSTRACT
Urban gardening connects with activities like food-sharing, sheltering, and alternative modes of social action that challenge the established hierarchies of urban life. The intent is to enact a different form of urban life, one that is sensitive to the needs of the poor and the dispossessed, that challenges centuries of colonialism and imperialism, and that involves a form of democracy that transcends the claims of the state and the market. The man who approached him was from Jamii Bora, a microfinance lender that supported many of the market’s impoverished vendors. A few weeks later, they rebuilt the market – and gave up their life of crime. They joined the microfinance group and became its most visible supporters, creating a metal workshop and a soccer team to bring hope to the slum. Victoria has a large and highly visible homeless population, mostly concentrated in the downtown area, some distance from the campus.
