Re:farm the City provides the tools and know-how to design, monitor, manage, and share small-scale urban farms. The farms are designed based on methods of sustainable, organic, and companion farming, and local cuisine. Each farm is constructed with found and recycled materials. The farms bridge a connection between the city and the farm through the development of electronic monitoring systems – networked ‘scare crows’ allow you to be in constant contact with your farm, water your farm and monitor its conditions from your computer. Acknowledging any farm is only as good at its soil, each farm develops its own composting system to ensure high-quality soil to plant with.
http://www.refarmthecity.org/blog/contact-and-info
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http://superflex.net/tools/self-organisation-_counter-economic_strategies
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http://accorderie.ca/lechange-de-service
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http://quickbase.intuit.com/freecycle
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Operating as an artist residency program since 1993, Art Farm offers artists an opportunity to live and work in a rural environment. An unusual and growing collection of traditional agricultural buildings and experimental structures provides accoommodation and studio space for artists. An abundance of materials (scrap and organic) and space, allows room for creative interactions between ideas and the environment.
Art Farm is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization registered with the State of Nebraska providing a rural worksite for artists. For more information about Art Farm email af@artfarmnebraska.org or call 402.854.3120 and ask for Ed Dadey.
http://artfarmnebraska.org/about.html
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Thus the main research strands are currently:
- Environmental sensors and sensor networks
- Cartography, mapping practices at sea and in the littoral zones
- Alternative energy production using solar, wind, hydro power
- Low power and distributed computing + DIY
- Field Camp architectures
http://marin.cc/about
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