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It is harvest time in gardens around the world. In Nørrebro, we have several neighborhood gardens, from DYRK Nørrebro to Den Fælleskøkkenhave (the logo of which is pictured above). This June we got a new garden–Byhaven 2200 [City Garden 2200]. It sits at the corner […]
I came across this great poster while walking with my daughter through our neighborhood. It is for the 30th anniversary of Ungdomshuset [The Youth House], which was brutally evicted in 2007 from its Jagtvej 69 address. I really like the ghost building in this image … the place still haunts the […]
Vermont Looks Like Vermont: Everyday Paths
By balder On 24 September, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Neighborhood, Public space, Vermont correspondence
I walk — to the post office, to the food co-op, to work. Sometimes I just walk to walk. When I walk to walk, I enjoy following a nearby path up a smallish hill to a bench that overlooks downtown Montpelier.
None of these walks take me very far afield, nor do they […]
On Sunday, the Røde Roses Kaffebar hosted a local honey tasting and autumn apple pressing event. The Røde Roses (Red Roses) coffee bar is an institution in the Mythological Quarter (our neighborhood). It was formerly a børnehaven (kindergarten) and is now, in addition to being a coffee […]
Where does food come from when you live in the city?
Walking around Copenhagen, there are lots of small kiosk style stores (grønthandler) with fruit and vegetable stands lining their entry ways. On any city street you can find the sidewalk compromised with piles of […]
The Superkilen park near our house in Nørrebro is an experiment in public space design. One of the main features of the park is the Red Square, a huge open area made of concrete and red paint. Until recently, there were 2 spots of green in the red expanse-they […]
Vermont Looks Like Vermont
By Bonnie On 27 August, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Forest, Growing, Neighborhood, Vermont correspondence
This post is part of a series by artist, present day naturalist, and extended MQ neighbor, Micah Bornstein. Bornstein lives in the Northern New England state of Vermont, where he thinks about local food, local ecology, and the social structures around these things. On a bi-monthly basis, he will be contributing text and […]
Wednesdays are happy days at our house as it is time to visit our local Københavns Fødevarefællesskab (our food coop) outlet here in Ydre Nørrebro and pick up our big bag of produce. The vegetables we have been getting are amazingly robust and make everything in the grocery stores look miserable […]
We spent some time this morning gathering blackberries in a favorite spot of ours in an empty lot near our apartment. It seems as though the berries were late to ripen this year. However, they are in incredible abundance, which also seems different from last year. We spent a little less […]
Walking around Copenhagen the other day, we came across these paving stones. Four different ways to re-imagine paved streets. If there has to be pavement then something like these options, are, I think, a more desirable solution. Some environmental positives about paving stones: more plant life can come through, less heat […]
Alphabet of the Anthropocene – Powerless Powerpoint
Radio Aktiv Sonic Deep Map (2013)
SUPERKILEN – Extreme Neoliberalism Copenhagen Style
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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
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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