Gordon Neighbourhood House
Food System Diagram
Vancouver
GROCERY STORES
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
POLICY MAKERS
Group 14: LFS 350
TA: Lucy Rodina
Date: November 26, 2014
Municipal Government
ANHBC
Association of Neighbourhood
Houses BC (ANHBC)
Sister Organizations
UBC
Customers
URL: http://www.anhbc.org
Requests from GNH for
volunteers and feedback on
work completed
Feedback from GNH,
& requests for funding
$ from GNH
food purchases
WASTE
MEDIA
URL: http://www.richmond.ca/services/recycling/cleaningup/Dumping.htm
URL: http://www.waste-management-world.com/articles/2011/03/cng-waste-and-recycling-collection-trucks-arrive-in-vancouver.html
Social Media
News
Radio
Vancouver Landfill & Private
Recycling Depots
Garbage and recycling
items
Gordon Neighbourhood
House
Picture URLS: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facebook_logo_(square).png, http://pixabay.com/en/twitter-tweet-twitter-bird-312464/, http://www.frankmagazine.ca/madness?page=29, http://www.annaandkristina.com/about/ak-in-the-news/, http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1385688327/
Internal GNH media
shared with external sources
RESOURCES
Electricity
Phone
Internet
Water
Money
GNH members volunteer
for community events
Volunteers from community partners
GNH staff provide
guidance for
volunteers
$ & policy from
governing bodies
VOLUNTEERS
GNH MEMBERS
Objective:
This model aims to depict Gordon Neighbourhood House's food system at the level of the neighbourhood house, one level above (Vancouver) and one level below (within Gordon Neighbourhood House). It can be noted that there are other inputs and outputs beyond the Vancouver boundary but they were not included here.
HUMAN RESOURCES
GNH Staff
URL: http://gordonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/GreenDay_03.jpg
GNH staff interacting
with members
Info shared with
GNH members
Waste created by
GNH Volunteers
Waste created by
GNH memebers
GNH Members:
- participate in events/programs
GNH staff create
internal media
material
FACILITIES
MEDIA
WASTE
Volunteers:
- donate time to run programs
GNH staff:
- create programs
- produce food crops
- share knowledge & skills
Kitchen
GNH
Building
External media
shared on
internal media
feeds
Social Media
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Pinterest
- GNH Blog
GNH Website
GNH Newsletters
Food from
gardens
Compost
LEGEND
Community
Gardens
Thrift
Store
Garbage, Recycling &
Compost
All garbage & compost
from kitchen & gardens
Boundaries
Waste created by
GNH staff
Water, electricity,
phone & internet
Income: memberships,
facility rentals, thrift store income, events, donations, grants
Stakeholders
Inputs
Outputs
The End
Thank You