Self-Sustaining Communities: Geodesigning the Future of AgricultureBritney MarkhardtJason Becker, Jamison Brus, Alenka PoplinJames Rangel, Vania Komegi, Yutong Wang

Community and Regional Planning

Alternative Futures for Grinnell, IA

Community and Regional Planning

Address Climate Change in the early adopter community of Grinnell through sustainable agriculture and energy innovations.

Community and Regional Planning

Five Requirements | Grinnell | 2050

We followed Steinitz Geodesign framework and were part of the international Geodesign collaboration project

Community and Regional Planning

Grinnell 2019

Evaluation Layers

Community and Regional Planning

Agriculture

Community and Regional Planning

2050 Scenario

2050 Agroforest

2050 New Organic Farms

Current Organic Farms

2019 Geothermal

2050 Geothermal Residential

2050 Geothermal Public

2050 Plug Flow Digester

Community and Regional Planning

Dashboards | Geoplanner

Our Student Experience• Course offered through the Community and

Regional Planning department• Valuable Experience

• Talking to stakeholders• Creating multiple iterations of each stage based

on stakeholder feedback• Presentation Skills

• Challenges• Learning the process, framework, and

Geoplanner tools simultaneously

Community and Regional Planning

Community and Regional Planning

Thank You!

The CRP 450X Geodesignclass led by Dr. Alenka Poplin

Participating Students:

Britney Markhardt, Jason Becker, Jamison Brus, Vania Komegi, James Rangel, Yutong Wang

Britney Markhardt

britneym@iastate.edu

Thank you to Alenka Poplin for guiding us through this process as well as Francis Owusu for lending feedback and support

This work was financially supported by the CRP Interdisciplinary Fund

Thank you to the College of Grinnell, their staff and students for their collaboration. Special thanks to Liz Queathem, Christopher Bair and Vanessa Preast for their valuable contribution and support