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Links for 2008-09-09: Friendly Invaders

Posted 09 September 2008 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

Friendly Invaders When Europeans began arriving in New Zealand, they brought with them alien plants — crops, garden plants and stowaway weeds. Today, 22,000 non-native plants grow in New Zealand. Most of them can survive only with the loving care of gardeners and farmers. But 2,069 have become naturalized: they have spread out across the [...]

Links for 2008-01-25: Funky Forest

Links for 2008-01-25: Funky Forest

Posted 25 January 2008 | By | Categories: art, creativity, culture, design, environment, links, sustainability, technology, video, women | No Comments

Funky Forest, interactive ecosystem installation by Emily Gobeille and Theodore Watson Funky Forest’ is an interactive ecosystem where children create trees with their body and then divert the water flowing from the waterfall to the trees to keep them alive. The health of the trees contributes to the overall health of the forest and the [...]