Photos from Biospheric Foundation site visit

Notes/Thoughts from Biospheric Foundation visit 17/11/2011

THINGS i.e. IDEAS

Series of events/projects involving the community

(culminating in a large-scale event?)

pick out one idea from a 'lottery' (The Babylon Lottery)

>whilst resident at the BF<

(1 week/1 day a week over several weeks)

Alternative methods of getting messages to the community (promoting the BF) - not via social media [post?]

Totem Pole

Subtle..(cows, superlambananas - iconic)

Treehouse! Invite the community to help build a treehouse - observation tower (bird watching! - bird watching for beginners workshop?) project things from treehouse onto building...

'Blackboards' - boarded up ground floor windows - chalk boards? projections?

Projections onto bridge

River - boats - boat making project/workshop?

Cooking workshops

Increasing the amount of worms in forest garden - would attract more birds.

Growing food in forest garden (and roof garden) - would attract more birds.

How to stop birds (and other animals - squirrels, hedgehogs, foxes) from eating the food produce?

- make bird feeders to keep them away from the human food? bird feeder making workshop?

Squirrel obstacle course!

> can we do things that are just for fun? If they still get people involved? <

Other notes from last week's visit:

*Permaculture Course

23-29 Jun 2012

11-17 Aug 2012

http://biosphericfoundation.com/PDC

manchesterlab.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/day-79-biospheric-foundation-permaculture-design-course/

around 25 people doing the course

*Blackfriars community

getting young offenders(?) -under 25 to transfer their skills of growing cannabis to growing food? instead of Community Service

*Anaconda Cut

http://www.flickr.com/photos/soundman/2830040495/

Visuals and Pollen

The bee article made me think of the artist Lisa Kronenburg and her work 'Pollen Trail', exhibited in a woodland exhibition called 'In The Woods Today', on a fruit farm in Cheshire, this summer:

http://inthewoodstoday2011.blogspot.com/

There's lots of visual examples here of thinking about exploring/exhibiting in the natural envionment...

the bee's knees

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/nov/11/bees-business-corporate-beehive