On Mali’s Farmers Discovery of a Weed’s Potential Power
Jason suggested some reading, n you share: KOULIKORO, Mali — When Suleiman Diarra Banani’s brother said that the poisonous black seeds dropping from the seemingly worthless weed that had grown around his family farm for decades could be used to run a generator, or even a car, Mr. Banani did not believe him. When he […]
On passing on someone elses writings
Working in Venice at the moment, assisting Cordeiro+Healy in their contribution to the Biennale. In the occasional spare time you go around looking for ancient trees and secret gardens. In the mean time this article was suggested by Lucas: Becoming native to this large place All around the countryside, growers of various nationalities have been […]
on pdfs or, on describing nature using unorthodox points of refernce
You’ve been sent this article from the New York Times of 1910. It’s a peculiar offer, yet, you liked the story of an amateur ornithologist of the turn of the last century, who by observation alone, presented the Thayer Theory. After 25 years of research grounded on “description rather then observation” of Crows, gulls, warbles […]
on listening to dialogues for social sustainability in public spaces
You attended a fantastic conference last week, hosted by the Transforming Cultures Research Centre, University of Technology of Sydney. Three exciting days of extremely interesting topics being delivered around issues of social sustainability in the landscape, delving in re-defining how different cultures inhabit urban landscapes around the world. One of the presenters, Setha Low, a […]
on street plantings and where the neighbourhood is
On the way to Chippendale you stopped, the artificial lake in Victoria Park gave reason for a picture: Ibises roosting on a willow. These majestic native birds are one of the winners of nowadays urban wildlife, as the wikipedia entry: Historically rare in urban areas, the Australian White Ibis has immigrated to urban areas of […]
On the big long white cloud
Pic by Senor Lebowski You left Christchurch, New Zealand. The flight gave you the chance to see the landscape from a fantastic advantage point, you had a window seat on a clear day. You where impressed by the width of the river beds, as if the washing downstream on sediment is happening at an amazing […]
here it is
Proud, semi-religious..or maybe would be better to define it as pseudo-new-paganism. A bit too didactic if anything, with the text panels over-killing and spoon-feeding to the limit.. but hey, charltans need to sell it with words alone, no need of facts. Good luck Weed Experiment 3.1, you deserve it..
taralli al finocchio selvatico
Taralli con Finocchio selvatico 1 tbsp chopped fennel leaves 500g plain four 55g fresh yeast 125ml olive oil 1 tbsp black pepper 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil salt to taste
on acknowledging flickr’s community
So the Database is back online, after being forced down from the webmaster of weeds.org because of copyright issues. How funny that of all people the government is the one who complains about information being spread! Nevertheless you obliged, took offline the contested material and replace it with copyright-free content. Most of the material was […]
on one mile diets
There are lots of artistic investigations out there focusing on the way humans relate to their surrounding environments, like yours. Ally Reeves and Robin Hewlett have an ongoing project about just that. One Mile Diet takes the concept of the 100 Miles Diet movement to a new height (or distance, rather). Here’s how Ally Reeves […]
