Blossoming Garden!

This is the garden my block of flats shares. I'm desperate to fix it up and always thought it was just neglected. Until the other day when I noticed....

Can't wait till all these daffs come out!

Smoking area, DoJ Canteen

Last week, Stephen, Yi Nan and Jen studied the outdoor smoking area near the DoJ canteen. It's a great spot, overlooked by lots of studios - but has fallen into disrepair. It's a shame that the only people who get to appreciate this outdoor space are smokers - which will put most others off. There's a patio with shocking orange plastic chairs and a large sloping grass area covered in over-growing bushes. This would be a perfect place to have our little veg area - and clearly isn't being used at the moment. Long term it would be great to have some apple trees - perhaps some Braeburn and cooking apples to sell in the shop and use in the canteen. We could encourage students to get involved and create wall murals, trellises made from recycled materials, reclaimed bricks etc.

Backdated work

Quick thoughts on SOWN boxes, which were included in brainstorming session.

Basic box design


Design trust Pages

Nets

Bibliography

Ehrenfeld, J.K. 2008. Sustainability by Design; A Subversive Strategy for Transforming our Consumer Culture. New Haven; Yale University Press.

Fisher, T., Shipton, J. 2010. Designing for Re-Use: The Life of Consumer Packaging. London; Earthscan.

Matthew Taylor, 2008. Matthew Taylor's Blog; Post Consumerism. [online] Available at; http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/creditcrunch/post-consumerism/. [Accessed 20th February 2011].

Palisades Pictures Productions[Directed by Rob Van Alkemade, 2007. What Would Jesus Buy? [film].

Bibliography-Jonathan

Recycling Guide. 2003. How Materials Are Recycled. [Online] Available at: http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/science.html [Accessed 1st March 2011]

City Farmer, Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture. 2001. The German Allotment Gardens – a Model For Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in Southern Africa Cities? [Online] Available at: http://www.cityfarmer.org/germanAllot.html [Accessed 1st March 2011]

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Tree of Life Organics. 2011. Your Local Cornish Organic Vegetable Box Scheme. [Online] Available at: http://www.treeoflifeorganics.co.uk/ [Accessed 1^st March 2011]