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Bonnie, Ada and I were taking a long walk through the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin today and came across this stencil. We couldn’t agree with it more.
Earlier during our stay in Berlin, we made a post about a giant vine growing on a building across the street from where we are living. The vine is home to a flock of birds. We have since identified the vine as a type of English Ivy. We haven’t figured out the birds, […]
We are still a long way from the Mythological Quarter in Copenhagen and continue to take long walks around Berlin. We came across this sculpture of a bear yesterday and really enjoyed it. If you look closely, you can see a bee carved into the face of the limestone.
A recent article in the Guardian discusses the decline in starling populations in England. According to the article, starlings migrate every year from Scandinavia to meet and mate in the English countryside, but because of the impact of factory farming on insect populations, starlings are disappearing at an alarming rate. The […]
We are feeling a bit disconnected as we are not in Copenhagen for March and April, but are in Berlin. We are having a hard time orientating ourselves to the local ecology and understanding how this place works. This kind of awareness takes a really long time to develop (i.e. feeling and intuiting rather than […]
Onsdag: Billede fra kvarteret / Wednesday: Picture from the ‘hood
By Brett On 14 March, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Habitat, Neighborhood, Public space, Wednesday picture
There are several of these camouflaged bird houses in the square near our flat. We really like them and have been talking about making some of our own to put out. We think it is a good idea in general to provide habitat for animals in the city. Would be really great to see the […]
This is the second installment for MQ of reports of the micro-habitats we come across. We have a continued interest in how peoples’ behavior shapes the spaces they live in and the environments they enact. Over the past two months I have found myself in many different cities and situations and wanted to […]
This is the 3rd and final part of the report back on Giving Harbor.
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Giving Harbor continued.
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A defaced Konservative Folkeparti [Conservative Peoples’ Party] poster across from the sign — the party was summarily trounced in the elections.
We learned later that the Conservative Peoples’ Party was having their election night party at the Marriott hotel. Permission […]
Alphabet of the Anthropocene – Powerless Powerpoint
Radio Aktiv Sonic Deep Map (2013)
SUPERKILEN – Extreme Neoliberalism Copenhagen Style
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Video interview:
Watch our interview of SeedBroadcast, a mobile project that is part seed library and part seed-saving-story-collecting machine-recording the stories of seed saving, farming, and food sovereignty work being done around the US.
BOOK: Deep Routes
Bonnie co-edited this collection of essays that reflect on who gets to define a region and what the struggles are in relation to being in a place and demanding social justice across many issues and terrains.
Download a poster Bonnie made about biodiversity in a vacant lot in the Amager borough of Copenhagen, in collaboration with biologist, Inger Kærgaard, ornithologist, Jørn Lennart Larsen and botanist, Camilla Sønderberg Brok: A BRIEF TAXONOMY OF A LOT
We made and installed a network of bat houses in Urbana, Illinois, to support the local and regional bat population, but also to begin a conversation about re-making the built environment.
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BOOK REVIEW:
We write often about artists and art groups that work with putting ‘culture’ back in agriculture. Here is a new favorite: myvillages, a group of three women based in Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. Read more...
Post Revolutionary Exercises
We really admire the dedicated hard work of Kultivator who seeks to fuse agriculture and art in their work. Click this sentence to get a PDF of their poster collection called "Post Revolutionary Exercises."
Culture Breakers
One of many books we collected that deeply inspire us. Get the PDF of the book.
Cultural Practices Within And Across
This amazing book networks urban and rural resilience and sustainability projects around the world. Deeply inspiring projects in Romania, Paris, San Francisco, and elsewhere.
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