Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces. Medicinal Plants Climb Walls of Paris Pharmacy February 20, 2014 MaPharmacie is a Paris pharmacy of a greener kind.
On the exterior, the standard green flashing cross which represents French pharmacies, belies what’s inside. Tinctures and capsules appear to float on living walls of medicinal plants, all reflected in mirrors … Read More… Rendezvous in Green: Botanical Tiled Vertical Garden February 19, 2014 Add this botanical tiled vertical garden space to the list of wonderful places to sneak off to for an afternoon rendezvous. Grow With the Glow: Mush-Lume Compostable Lamp Shade Grown From Mushrooms February 18, 2014 There is a creative fungus among us. Historical Roots: 6 Types of Hydroponic Gardening Systems and Countertop Planters January 14, 2014 When my kids were little, they enjoyed a family hydroponic gardening project conducted on the kitchen counter.
New York City’s Intervale Green Rooftop Urban Farm Cultivates More Than Food January 10, 2014. 10 Projects to Liberate the Web. In the last nine months of planning the Contact Summit, I’ve come across a range of projects and initiatives building toward the “Next Net.”
Though they vary in their stages of development and specific implementations, they fall under the common themes of enabling peer-to-peer communication and exchange, protecting personal freedom and privacy, and giving people more control over their data and identity on the web. Here’s list of just ten projects, many of which will be demoing at our exhibitor space at Contact on October 20th in New York City. 1.
The Locker Project The data that we generate on the web every day is being collected, stored and sold by third parties, but we are left unable to benefit from that value we create. What it means: Step 1 is to create the lockers that allow people to collect all their data in one resource. 2. 3. Lantern is a globally cooperative censorship circumvention tool build on the Little Shoot peer-to-peer platform. 4. 5. 6. 7. Are Maker Spaces the Future of Public Libraries? When was the last time you went to the library looking for a book?
How about a 3D printer? The Fayetteville Free Library, a public library in upstate New York, plans to offer its community both options: A traditional, book-filled library, and a Fab Lab to learn new technologies and build new projects. In recent years, the FFL’s Executive Director Susan Considine has been pushing for a reinterpretation of libraries’ role. “Libraries exist to provide access to opportunities for people to come together to learn, discuss, discover, test, create.
Transformation happens when people have free access to powerful information, and new and advanced technology. " This forward-thinking attitude has helped the FFL continue to grow, adding an AV-enabled meeting room, tutoring spaces and even a coffee shop. This brilliant idea, a.k.a. the FFL Fab Lab, is the brainchild of Lauren Britton Smedley, FFL's director of Transliteracy Development.
What was the inspiration to build the Fab Lab? Yes. Oh yes. Dr. Freight Farms: Grow Fresh Food in Any Environment by Jon Friedman and Brad McNamara. What are Freight Farms?
High volume crop production units that can be quickly implemented and easily operated to grow food any environment. Each unit can create local food economy that can empower communities to reduce the global footprint of food in a sustainable and profitable manner. Why Freight Farms? Food Deserts- Access to quality fresh food has become out of reach for communities in even the most industrialized parts of the world. Large regions no longer have the ability to harvest crops due to climate change, urban sprawl and shifts in the economic landscape. Food Miles- The carbon footprint of food is something we rarely think of when eating something like a fruit or vegetable. Food Cost- The costs of commercial growing are shared by everyone. Freight Farms can offer a low cost and low impact solution to these problems. Our GoalWe need to raise $26,040 in order to build the complete unit and put it into full harvest cycle.
Thank You! Jon Friedman and Brad McNamara Holiday Reward!