Geospatial Technology: Applications in Service Learning and Environmental Sustainability

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Geospatial TechnologyApplications in Service
Learning andEnvironmental Sustainability

• David A. Padgett
• Geographic Information Sciences Laboratory
• Tennessee State University

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2003-2010 Nashville Food Desert Mapping Project

• Partners Tying Nashville Together, Community
  Food Advocates, Inc., Meharry Medical College,
  Nashville Metropolitan Health Department, TSU
  Office of Service Learning and Civic Engagement,
  Vanderbilt University Community Outreach
  Partnership Center (COPC)
• TSU Service Learning Courses Cartography (GEOG
  3100), Urban Geography (GEOG 4850)
• TSU Students Urban Studies, Education
• Funding Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, U.S.
  Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

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Fall 2003 Cartography (GEOG 3100) student class
project. Shapefile of grocery stores geocoded
using data obtained from Nashvilles Metro Health
Department. Maps were shared with Vanderbilt
Universitys Community Outreach Partnership
Center (COPC) in support of their food desert
research efforts in North Nashville.
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Fall 2010 - A Cartography (GEOG 3100) student is
providing food desert mapping data to Community
Food Advocates in support of the Corner Stores
project to fulfill the requirements of his
Community Mapping Term Paper.
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Food Desert Mapping Project Results and Status

• Since 2004, the TSU Geographic Information
  Sciences Laboratory has provided data to
  community partners working to bring grocery
  stores to under-served Nashville neighborhoods.
• Fall 2009-Summer 2010 The TSU Geographic
  Information Sciences Laboratory collaborated on
  research with Meharry Medical College aimed at
  determining the impact of food deserts upon
  obesity rates in low-income communities.
• Fall 2010 The TSU Geographic Information
  Sciences Laboratory is providing food desert
  mapping data to the Nashville Metropolitan Health
  Department in support of the 7.5 million
  Putting Prevention to Work initiative.

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2004-2010 TSU Campus-Community Recycling Project

• Partners Nashville Office of Public Works, TSU
  Facilities Management Office, TSU Office of
  Student Affairs, Hadley Park Neighborhood
  Association, Jefferson Street United Merchants
  Partnership (JUMP), African American Cultural
  Alliance (AACA), EarthMatters Tennessee, TSU
  Gateway 2 Heritage Student Organization,
  Tennessee Department of Environment and
  Conservation (TDEC)
• Courses Cartography (GEOG 3100), Urban Geography
  (GEOG 4850)
• Students Urban Studies, Biology, Engineering,
  Political Science, Mathematics
• Funding National Wildlife Federation, U.S.
  Department of Energy

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Source Mohai, Paul. Dispelling Old Myths
African American Concern for the Environment.
Environment Journal. Vol. 45, No. 5 (June 2003)
11-26.
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Locations of Metro Recycling Centers in Proximity
to Tennessee State Universitys Main Campus and
Nashville/Davidson Countys Black Population -
2004
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2004 Tennessee State University Campus
Community Recycling Pilot Project Funded with
National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology
Fellowship
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Campus-Community Recycling Pilot Project GIS and
GPS Mapping of Nashville Curbside Recycling
Program Participation Rates by Neighborhood
2005-2006
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Campus-Community Recycling Pilot Project GIS and
GPS Mapping of Bin Locations with Pounds
ofRecyclable Material Collected - Summer 2006
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Institutional Buy-In Fall 2007 TSU
Campus-Community Recycling Committee
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Community Information Meetings January 2008
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TSU Campus-Community Recycling Center Site
Opens April 22nd 2008 (Earth Day)
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Campus-Community Recycling Project Results and
Status

• The recycling center is monitored by TSU Police
  and Facilities Management and emptied by the
  Nashville Office of Public Works.
• TSU student environmental and other service
  organizations are working with TSU Facilities
  Management to move campus recyclable materials to
  the drop-off site.
• In the future, proceeds from the recyclables will
  be used to fund green scholarships at TSU.
• Grants funds are being pursued to support a
  campus-community environmental education
  initiative with the African American Cultural
  Alliance as community partner.

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• Service Learning Deliverables
• TSU students in the GEOG 3100 and 4850 courses
  complete three required writing assignments
• a Project Expectations Essay prior to beginning
  the service learning experience,
• a Project Journal in which they are to maintain
  a daily record of their activities, and
• 3)a closed-book expository Reflection Essay at
  the end of the course.

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Service Learning DeliverablesUrban Geography
Successful Student-Community Partner Grants

• 2006 African American Cultural Alliance and
  Donnie Harris/Eric Thomas Frist Foundation
  Technology Grant - 2,000
• 2006 Imagine College/Pearl-Cohn High School and
  Tasha Phillips My Community, Our Earth Grant
  Program - 1,500
• 2007 EarthMatters Tennessee and Antonio Johnson
  Frist Foundation Technology Grant - 1,700
• 2007 Jefferson Street United Merchants
  Partnership and Curtis Green Frist Foundation
  Technology Grant - 2,250
• 2008 EarthMatters Tennessee and Brandon Scales
  Community Forestry and Environmental Research
  Grant Program - 6,200

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• Thursday, November 18  1130 am-1245 pm
• Pearl-Cohn High School 9th Grade Academy
• 915 38th Avenue North
• Room 156Preliminary Agenda
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• 1130 am - Welcome by Principal Glenn Paschall
• 1135 am - Remarks by Ms. Nekya Young, TSU HUD
  Project Coordinator
• 1140 am - Remarks by Dr. David A. Padgett,
  Director, GIS Lab at Tennessee State University
• 1145 am - GIS Project Presentations by PCHS 9th
  Grade Academy Students
• 1155 am - GIS Research Paper Presentations by
  TSU Cartography Students
• Mapping Nashvilles Food Deserts" - Dustin
  Shane, Urban Studies Major
• Geographic Information Systems as a Means to
  Improve Computer Literacy in 9th Grade Students
  Contessa McNeal, History Major, and Pretoria
  Griffin, Psychology Major
• Global Positioning Systems Tracking and Police
  Intelligence Gabriel Collins, Criminal Justice
  Major
• Google Earth and Terrorism Miles Turner,
  History Major
• 5. The Use of Geographic Information Systems
  to Assist in the Design of Enhanced
  Bioremediation at Obed River Crude Oil Spill
  Site - Loreal Spear, Engineering Major

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QUESTIONS?
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David A. Padgett, DirectorBox 9538Tennessee
State University3500 John Merritt
BoulevardNashville, Tennessee 37209615-963-5508
dpadgett_at_tnstate.edu
Geographic Information Sciences Laboratory