ALTERNATIVE LEGACY RECIPES BOOK

This  is  a small introduction to local food; the  seeding, planting and caretaking of the  vegetable garden and the harvest possibilities within the 100-mile diet circle
of Bergen city, on the West Coast of Norway. The book is a result of photos taken of the plants followed from seed to fruit during the diploma period, and the investigations concerning production of food on an artisan level and nutritional facts and numbers that become relevant on this level of planning, education and action.Enjoy! 

 Altenative legacy recipes e book-laura ve

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DELHI NULLAHS: THE FRACTAL METROPOLITAN LAYER

www.delhinullahs.org

'The fractal metropolitan layer' is an endeavor in progress by Morphogenesis, that aims to reveal the hidden opportunity that lies within our organically evolved cities by establishing a green and sustainable network as an alternative source of engagement with the city for the common man. The initiative aims to reclaim the derelict, the forgotten, the recyclable, and the toxic by involving all stakeholders, thereby collapsing the boundaries of decades of non-systemic thinking which have generated unsustainable urban growth. The contiguous, sewage-laden nullahs, the greens, the alleyways and the river are viewed as the arteries of a city that can be linked to create an environmental network which integrates livability issues of air, water, sewerage, heritage and walkability. These ecological potentials and vestigial organs of planning can be modulated, transformed, and spatial strategies devised to optimize the ecological, social, cultural, and economic dynamic that can be created through them.

The Morphogenesis Delhi Nullahs installation live at the India Habitat Centre

The installation aims to create awareness by engaging people, to speculate on what is and what can be, by bridging the gap between the reality of our cities as perceived from the outside, and the virtual image of what Delhi potentially is. The tree has been used as a metaphor and a fractal insert into the fabric of the city; representative of our symbiotic relationship with Nature, and its omnipresence in Delhi.

PASS THE URBAN VEGGIES PLEASE!

Making this a part of community development and urban design strikes us as low-tech genius. Davenport city designer Darrin Nordahl established a corner plot near his City Design Center office at 2nd and Brady Streets. Now aldermen have OK'd a parking plaza makeover at 5th and Brady streets that will include fruits and vegetables among landscaping plants.
Nordahl wrote the book on urban agriculture. Literally. "Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture" comes out Sept. 25 and "profiles urban food growing efforts, illustrating that there is both a need and a desire to supplement our existing food production methods outside the city with opportunities inside the city," according to publisher Island Press.
Those opportunities won't resolve world hunger. But they will bring people together to plant, tend, harvest and share in public, urban places. And that builds community, the network that elevates great towns above the average.


Darrin Nordahl, urban planner for the city of Davenport picks corn at the Northeast corner of 2nd and Brady streets. Nordahl has a book coming out titled "Public Produce" that talks about cities using public land (easements, medians, parks, etc.) to plant food rather than just flowers. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)

http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/article

I would like to share this with you tonight,
I guess the lesson still is "knowledge is power full"

 
http://endoftheline.com/

food, and wild harvest is the important resource with enormous consequences for our future...

check the link above or see  http://www.nrk.no/programmer/sider/dagens_dokumentar/ 

for more info "Dagens dokumentar: Bunnen er nådd"

SHORT TRAVELED FOOD IN NORDLAND

I stumbled upon this article today; 

Small-scale & Short-travelled Food

EDIBLE CITY

And here is one more!
http://www.ediblecity.ca/

THE FOOTPRINT PROJECT

I think they discuss all the important aspects of food and cities through projects and workshops / "talkshops", (wish I discovered it earlyer!) .

Check it out :
www.foodprintproject.com
and for video casts : http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8637192

EXHIBITION_PHOTO MOSAIC

WINTER GARDEN NIGHT VIEW

BUILDING EXHIBITION

Re-used windows for exhibition wall is up!




































Collected windows measured and counted.
Idea for wall design;

Voila!