MetaboliCity

urban growers

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Caterina Naglieri, Alex Kassian, Salinthip Pibulnakarin and 2 more joined MetaboliCity
on Thursday
Rachel Wingfield added an event
The Next Design Revolution at Goldsmiths University
February 8, 2010 from 4pm to 6pm
Hannah and Rachel will present MetaboliCity to students from the Design Department at Goldsmiths University, London. The BA Design course encourages design thinking that proposes new visions of the future, and engages with sustainability. Rachel co…
on Wednesday
Climate Crunch: making the economics fit at Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
February 4, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm
What if there's no solution to climate change without freeing ourselves from our obsession with economic growth? At the beginning of this new decade more people in the US and UK remain unpersuaded by the science of climate change than this time las…
on Wednesday
camalo added 2 blog posts
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Rachel Wingfield

Transport

Started by Rachel Wingfield in Urban Agriculture Aug. 6, 2009.

Jenny

The Technology Debate 2 Replies

Started by Jenny in Urban Agriculture. Last reply by Green Horizon Jun. 18, 2009.

Jennifer Shea

Growing tips and advice for novices 4 Replies

Started by Jennifer Shea in Urban Agriculture. Last reply by Green Horizon Jun. 18, 2009.

 

MetaboliCity Grow-Labs

MetaboliCity is a design-led urban farming initiative with the aim to create less fragmented and more sustainable cities.

A network of small-scale, distributed Grow-Labs are developing solutions to integrate both traditional and hi-tech farming techniques into the fabric of the built environment - growing in awkward, challenging spaces.
Experiments so far include hydroponic, solar powered window farms, vertical green cladding retrofit to facades and organically grown vegetables climbing up street lamps in housing estates.

You can join this network!
1. SIGN UP and participate in the discussion.
2. JOIN a Grow-Lab or make a new group.
3. REPLY to a forum or blog comment - or POST your own topic.
4. INVITE your friends, colleagues, neighbors and classmates to join.
5. SHARE resources by uploading events, documents, videos or images.
9. COLLABORATE on the design of sustainable urban ecologies.

Please get in touch if you would like to start your own Grow-Lab Map here!

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Rachel Wingfield

Crop to Shop: Supermarket Secrets



Last night we watched a documentary where Jimmy Doherty (Britain's famous TV presenting pig farmer) explores the global logistics that bring fresh food from around the world to a shop near you, and uncovers the science that keeps food fresh for weeks.

Great visuals to show food's global superhighways.. from small low-tech farms in Ghana to our supermarket shelves and huge water intensive pot… Continue

Posted by Rachel Wingfield on February 4, 2010 at 5:00pm

camalo

Permaculture - Farms for the Future

A short film I just watched about a woman trying to determine the direction she should take the farm she will inherit from her father. Essentially, after being introduced to permaculture by other farmers who decided that this was for them the most effective (in terms of labor and land) practice, she ponders whether gardening, rather than farming is the most sensible way forward.

http://www.viddler.com/explore/PermaScience/videos/4/ Continue

Posted by camalo on February 3, 2010 at 12:14pm

camalo

Large scale Vertical Farming

Some fodder for debate on shifting farming to large scale indoor spaces in response to land depletion from traditional agriculture: http://www.verticalfarm.com

Posted by camalo on February 2, 2010 at 5:15pm

camalo

FutureFarmers

Very nice design studio based in San Francisco, related to some of our Berlin growers (Henrik Lebuhn and Megan Saperstein) who have kept an urban growing allotment for many years:

http://www.futurefarmers.com/

Posted by camalo on January 31, 2010 at 9:26pm

camalo

ACGA

The site for the American Community Gardening Association: http://www.communitygarden.org/ outlines some key benefits of community gardens, especially in urban locations:

* Improves the quality of life for people in the garden
* Provides a catalyst for neighborhood and community development
* Stimulates Social Interaction
* Encourages Self-Reliance
* Beautifies Neighborhoods
* Produces Nutritious Food
* Reduces Family Food Budgets
* Conserves Resour… Continue

Posted by camalo on January 25, 2010 at 11:20pm

 
 

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