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
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
