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on glorious food
It’s spring here in the campagna Romana (Roman hinterland) , and you surrounded at the moment by seasonal treats: wild cicory, wild garlic, dandelions and flat weed, wild asparagus and a similar spring growth from an unrelated bush: Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher’s broom). How perfect, the visit from your good friend Marga gave reason for a […]
on Bidens pilosa
You have been walking around, and traveling the world lately, so that you could compare the spontaneous vegetation in different parts of the globe..no not that many, but a few. You came across this Bidens pilosa on The Domain, Sydney, and posted it on you flickr page. While doing a bit of research in trying […]
on media
Hi all, Weedyconnection got feautured in the local Sydney media last week, with an article about urban foraging, read the article here, while today there was a broadcasting of an interview for ABC Radio National’s Bush Telegraph. Readers can download the sound here, or listen to the stream here.
On Wild Food and Foraging
You found a pubblication distributed via the Free Range Activist Network (FRAW), a loose collection of actions and initiatives with the common goal of improoving living experiences towards a world concerned more with sustainability than economy. Their website is a portal to a number of amazing projects, indicative of the effort of many. Below is […]
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 […]
Frasers Studio Party or how you can get your buildings taller
Word on the street goes that when Frasers decided to implement the FraserStudio the Sydney City Council allowed the developers to have an extra 8-10% of housing ratio on their plans. And here you are, one of the artists part of the residency, showing your work for the big opening on Thursday 18th of this […]
on new spaces, same neighborhood
You just took over a studio in Chippendale, next burb from where you live. For 3 months you have been granted a studio residency as part of a pilot exercise by Fraser Property Australia, FraserStudios. The developers purchased the brewery site from the Foster’s Group on June 29, 2007. In April 2008 Frasers began redeveloping […]
