Beyond sustainability. This site is made by 2 UK permaculturalists, Stephen Jones and Michael Thomas. It aims to foster a move towards a pragmatic, positive, social, economic and political transition to a permanent culture through sharing information, knowledge and also … Continue reading
What a great alternative to capitalism. ‘A market, one of the most inclusive spaces, seems like a perfect context to hint people with different alternatives, evident in the market itself, the products and services, and the way these are traded.These … Continue reading
The map on the left shows which bits of Sydney have access to some form of public transport within 400 metres walk. The map on the right shows which bits of Sydney have access to some form of public transport … Continue reading
This is part of the Resilients project, by FoAM, Belgium Central Saint Martins, UK nadine, Belgium Performing Pictures, Sweden Projekt ATOL, Slovenia Time’s Up, Austria ‘Augmented Urban Gardens involves the study, development and use of urban or urban-fringe gardens. We … Continue reading
A team of Yurt Empiricists participated in a workshop at Vivid Ideas – Transform your Turf: A Story-Led Game to Co-Design Public Housing, 8th June, 2013, Museum of Contemporary Art . This workshop proposed as its starting point the ‘wicked … Continue reading
In preparation for building the Yurt Empire, and to start the year reflecting on the city by getting out if it, a few empiricists made it to the PONYLAND DREAM FARM, near Nimbin, for the ‘Mane Event’ on 1, 2, 3 … Continue reading
Yurt Empire conductor Rebecca Conroy presented at ‘Pop Up Spaces: Creating & inspiring the city’, hosted and facilitated by the National Association for the Visual Arts Ltd (NAVA) on Thursday, April 11, 2013. Bek positioned Yurt Empire as an ‘anti-pop up tactic’ to reflect … Continue reading