Boston Tree Party: Planting One Tree at a Time
The Boston Tree Party is an urban agriculture project where a diverse coalition of organizations, institutions, and communities from across the Greater Boston Area coming together in support of “Civic Fruit.” The goal of the group is to plant fruit trees in civic space and promote civic engagement. For the project, each community commits to planting and caring for a [...]
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Evol: Miniature Apartment Building Street Art
Ever walk down the street and see a small apartment building on the street? German artist Evol makes “apartment art “ which is made by by building structures out of lockboxes or cardboard, or working directly on a wall. He then uses paint and stencils to make structures that look exactly like prefab apartment buildings. He will draw in details [...]
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Food Connect Brisbane: Local Food in Australia
Even with more discussion about seasonal, local, and healthy food going on – it is very rare in most grocery stores. When I go to buy a tomato at the store, I am not always able to see how far it traveled, how old the tomato is, or what kind of corporation made it. Food Connect Brisbane, located in Brisbane [...]
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How to Compost in an apartment (or in Winter): Infographic
In the middle of Winter, I often throw out all my food scraps from cooking, instead of composting them. It just seems hard to go out into the snow with my bowl of veggie scraps, so I put them down the disposal or they end up in the trash. I recently saw a great Infographic made by Sustainable America, that [...]
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Goodwill: Upcycle Lifestyle Project by designmatters
A couple of years ago I attended a conference at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA and saw a presentation by Mariana Amatullo, who founded the college’s initiative called Designmatters. Designmatters is a professional partnership program, where research collaborations, communication campaigns, exhibitions, and publications are created in order to contribute to creating solutions to critical problems. Some [...]
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