STAFF & FACULTY DIRECTORY PROFILE
Patrick Cody-Carrese
Job Title:
Living Lab Gardener
Department:
Creation Care Team
Email:
Phone: (510) 577-9100
ext.
141
Started at O'Dowd:
October, 2018
Degrees:
Oakland Tech High School Graduate, UCLA B.A. in Sociology
Originally from:
Oakland, CA
Why I Teach:
I've had a love for the outdoors since I was a kid and I was able to spend summers camping with my family around the Bay Area. I am fortunate to now be able to care for an outdoor space that Bishop O'Dowd students can learn in, find peace in, and touch the earth in.
Most powerful teaching technique:
Why are the subjects you teach important?:
I believe that growing food with regenerative practices provides a valuable lesson for many aspects of life, and is beneficial because it leaves the land able to continually provide nutritious food.
I also believe that caring for the native ecosystem of the Bay Area is beneficial to the animal and plant communities, and conserves resources. We learn a valuable lesson about resilience, adaptation, and the beauty of our unique home as well.
Favorite quotes:
Favorite trivia:
The largest known living organism is an Aspen grove in Utah. These quaking aspens form an interconnected root system of more than 100 acres estimated to be 80,000 years old.
Recommended visual media:
Some movies: Mud, Mudbound, Brooklyn, Coach Carter, V for Vendetta
Recommended reads:
Ishmael, Life of Pi, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Long Valley
Hobbies or outside interests:
Baskteball, painting, tennis, dogsitting (shameless plug... 510-213-0132)