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About Radix Ecological Sustainability Center

The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit urban environmental education center and one-acre farm in Albany’s South End, where our mission is teaching people—especially youth—how to reclaim control over essential resources like food and water using sustainable and regenerative practices. Operating since 2011, it’s a living model of interconnected systems including gardens, greenhouses, honeybees, fish, and composting systems. Radix is built on a formerly vacant asphalt lot. There’s plenty of these lots around Albany and in urban areas all over the world, and they contribute to the heat island effect. We collectively need to figure out how to make our cities cooler, and our solution is taking these nonporous, underutilized areas and turning them into green spaces. The most basic part of that is planting trees where we can, as they immediately provide shade, air purification, and food production. We believe it is possible to meet human needs while simultaneously restoring ecosystems. Good environmental stewardship is rewarded by better health, wholesome food, and strong communities. The Radix Center teaches practical skills that can be applied to create environmental and economic sustainability.