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Earth 2 Hub™ is a movement to re-establish a harmonious relationship between humanity and nature, using art, science and digital creativity...find out more at  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBpUicZHipc&feature=channel_video_title and at http://www.earth2hub.com…

The - Multileveled - Vertical Urban Allotments proposal was designed as the final major University project of my three year degree BA Interior Design course. The idea came from the dissertation research of Yona Friedman's ideas that focuses on democratisation of design process and giving freedom in defying the spaces to the final users.…

Boskoi is an opensource Android mobile phone app and webservice for foragers made at FoAM.

It helps you to navigate and map the edible landscape by showing wild food sources in your area.

We just released Boskoi version 2.0.

Available in the Android Market: http://tiny.cc/x2byf

or on: http://www.Boskoi.org

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Albert Einstein once said, “The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” Leonardo da Vinci exemplifies the pertinence of Einstein’s comment, for as an illegitimate child da Vinci was exempt from receiving a formal education and thus self-taught; learning much of what he knew from his personal observations of the natural world. The…

The International Bionic Engineering Conference 2011 aims to bridge the gap between academic research and industrial development in a field that is rapidly growing and gaining recognition across many disciplines. Intended as a common ground for the exchange of ideas, the Organizers call upon key researchers in industry and academia from around the globe to engage each other with presentation and in conversation that inspires bionic solutions to some of the biggest engineering problems facing…

"A growing world population with the potential to reach nine billion by 2050 will require a 50% increase in production by 2030. To cope, the food system will need to be low carbon, resilient, environmentally restorative and sustainable in social and economic terms. It’s all exciting and challenging stuff, but this vision is only 20 short years away – has anyone…

We are busy preparing a series of workshops here in London, one of them is called Solar Jam, an ongoing exploration by our design studio about energy, food and metabolism in design. 

We are using public workshops to encourage experimentation, proposing we turn our kitchens,…

Open Source Ecology (OSE), “a network of farmers, engineers, and supporters,” is putting together detailed DIY guides for creating your own farm equipments and other machines.

OSE is interested in opening up the circulation of knowledge around everyday things. They are demystifying the machines and how-they-work…

Urban Metabolic Growth is a research attempt at applying the principles that define the growth of organisms to the gradual (or not so gradual) growth of cities and metropolises. Two case studies were adopted: 1. a region in northern China that hosts an arid and cold climate and 2. a region in western Australia that hosts a hot and semi-arid climate.

According…

Over millennia floods, earthquakes and fire have brought hell and high water to cities, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Until now, no civilization has been spared from the worst-case scenarios unleashed by extreme meteorological and geological events. However, the legacy of fear that surrounds many of our planet’s essential operating mechanisms, such as tectonic plate movements, need not continue forever and today’s disasters could be turned into tomorrow’s…

MetaboliCity will be presented in Venice in September as part of the Design Week that coincides with the venice biennale's international architecture exhibition its great to see…

On the 21st March 2010, members of the Haberdasher Estate in East London were invited to participate in a collective mapping session. The haberdasher residents were joined by a small group of designers who helped to facilitate and document an exploration of the estate's 'awkward spaces'. This workshop was facilitated by Hannah Jones as part of her PhD research into awkward space in the city. Hannah was testing part of her…

MetaboliCity is as much about the metabolism of the 'stuff' we create as the food we consume. For a long time I have been fascinated by biopolymers and how we could create them ourselves - at home.

So I was really excited to meet Brian Degger last week, a scientist, artist and DIY enthusiast (and friend of FoAM) whose developing bio-kits for amateurs wanting to…

If you are interested in attending the Goldsmiths Design 2010 private view, where my work will be on show, you would be very welcome - just email me so I can make sure you receive an invitation.

With four weeks to go until assessment, my final year project is really shaping up!