Saturday Tweets: Compacted Soil, Bikes and Mirrored Headboards

March 26, 2016

New research on how to treat compacted urban #soil to help trees thrive https://t.co/tzhvk3pisZ @vtnews pic.twitter.com/x3QwSpKEgS — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) February 24, 2016 The Free Rider myth flipped: Are cyclists actually subsidising car drivers? https://t.co/qQaRd5eubE via @MomentumMag pic.twitter.com/fehEMXKh7B — Darren Davis (@DarrenDavis10) March 25, 2016 11-year-old's LA Times op-ed "My vision of a livable city is one where k...

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Saturday Tweets: Animals Sounds, White Bread and LA’s Worst Politician

Mr. Homegrown

August 8, 2015

Saturday Linkages

...ple) August 6, 2015 Chicken receiving 3D-printed prosthetic leg via @BoingBoing http://t.co/4LkhCsHZwe — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 3, 2015 The Skip Garden a moveable urban veggie patch built with 90% reclaimed materials http://t.co/LnpEmIPMIB — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 1, 2015...

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078 Mark Lakeman on City Repair

Mr. Homegrown

March 14, 2016

Design, Permaculture, Podcasts

...the community architecture and planning firm Communitecture. He is also an urban place-maker, permaculture designer and community design facilitator. And if you’re on the West Coast of the US, you have a chance to participate in a series of workshops this month. For more information visit marklakeman.net. To find out about events in Los Angeles visit change-making.com. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 5...

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038 The Ground Rules with Nance Klehm

Mr. Homegrown

February 18, 2015

Composting, Gardening, Podcasts

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...resulting compost along with mushrooms and plants to bioremediate damaged urban soils. Nance describes The Ground Rules as “re-imagining waste and biological infrastructures.” You can find out more about the project on the Social Ecologies website and on Nance’s personal website. There’s also a video about The Ground Rules. If you’re in Chicago you can visit Nance and Emmanual Pratt’s exhibition, For the Common Good: Meet the Remediators. Nance’s...

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Summer Nights in the Garden at the Natural History Museum

Mr. Homegrown

July 23, 2014

Events

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...tenance plants out there, and one that’s perfect for our dry L.A. climate. Urban homesteading experts Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne are here to help you plant your own succulent and give you tips on keeping them alive. Supplies are limited. Available to participants on a first-come, first-served basis PAINTING! Don’t have a green thumb? Stop by the painting booth and that can soon be changed. Artist Peter Tigler brings participatory image making to...

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