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Mint, lemon balm, and strawberry tofu

By Brett On 1 August, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Kitchen, Tofu

It has been a while since I have made any tofu. I am happy to be back at it again experimenting and learning this ancient craft. The tofu I am making is seeming more and more like artisanal cheese. I made this batch by heating the tofu with mint and lemon […]

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Interview: Nance Klehm

By Bonnie On 31 July, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Arts and culture, Environmental activism, Interviews, Resilience

Mythological Quarter met up with our dear old friend Nance Klehm on a recent trip to Chicago. Nance, as usual, is up to some exciting new work.  In this interview, I talked to Nance about environmentalism, the collapse of the oil economy, and her work with her new business, Social Ecologies.

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Book Review: Radical Nature

By Bonnie On 30 July, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Arts and culture, Book reviews, Design

The Radical Nature: Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009 exhibition took place at the Barbican Art Gallery in London from 19 June – 18 October 2009. We snagged a copy of the exhibition catalog while on a recent trip to Berlin.

The exhibition […]

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Wednesday picture: rotting log

By Brett On 11 July, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Forest, Resilience, Wednesday picture

We are currently far from our home in Copenhagen, traveling around a part of the U.S. ravaged by globally warmed droughts with record breaking heat, and intense derecho (straight ahead) storms that eat houses, trees, people, and many other things in their path. The landscape, from Indiana to Tennessee, feels stressed out, thirsty, […]

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Kogler / Pine Cones

By Brett On 27 June, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Arts and culture, Habitat, Neighborhood

We will begin work on new insect habitat when we get back to Denmark, and need help from folks in Copenhagen. We found these 3 varieties of pine cones in Fælledparken. We would love tips on where to find even more varieties in the city. We would also love […]

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Temporary Travel Office in the Riparian City

By Bonnie On 26 June, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Arts and culture, Book reviews, Environmental activism, Habitat, Neighborhood

“The Doan Brook Watershed is a Riparian City, a living territory where a flowing stream meets the land.”

The Doan Brook Watershed can be found coursing through Cleveland, Ohio in the middle of the United States. The water from the Doan Brook runs into Lake Erie, one of the five Great Lakes. The

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Deep Routes: The Midwest in All Directions

By Bonnie On 23 June, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Arts and culture, Environmental activism, MISC, Projects

Before moving to the Mythological Quarter, we lived in the Midwestern United States. While there we worked with an amazing group of people, spread out across several states, on creative ways to rethink a region. That means looking critically at everything from how to run local utilities, understanding the food supply chain, […]

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Solitary Bee Habitat: DYRK

By Brett On 20 June, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Habitat, Living structure, Neighborhood

We have a deepening interest in making city habitat for various kinds of creatures. Lately, our activities have been focused on habitat for solitary bees, also known as mason bees.

Here is our newest construction made out of found and re-purposed materials. We built a mini-living structure […]

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Onsdag Billede: Scrappy Container Garden

By Brett On 13 June, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Growing, Neighborhood, Wednesday picture

We were really happy to stumble upon the scrappy container garden in our neighborhood.

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Onsdag Billeder: Bird Houses + Icons of Nørrebro = Awesome!

By Brett On 6 June, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Arts and culture, Habitat, Neighborhood, Public space, Wednesday picture

There is a lot of construction going on in our neighborhood. New Metro stops are being made and there is an enormous site where a park once sat, where a lot of the tunneling is being coordinated. Each of the construction sites around the development of the Metro has these giant […]

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  • Radio Aktiv Sonic Deep Map (2013)

  • SUPERKILEN – Extreme Neoliberalism Copenhagen Style

    Super-Inappropriate

    Read Brett's essay about the park.

    DANSK: Superkilen: Park med ekstrem borgerinddragelse!

    ENGLISH: Superkilen: Participatory Park Extreme!

  • Download our guide:

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  • Video interview:

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    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

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    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.

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  • 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:

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    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...

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  • Culture Breakers
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  • 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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