Philipp Heidkamp February 2, 2020 1:57 pm

Speisewald now on the jovoto platform as contribution for the Cumulus green competition

Congratulations, Ana-Luz and Clara for finally submitting your work at the Cumulus Green competition. Interesting for all to see the submission(s)!

From my perspective, the requirements helped you to get a clearer profile for your project – good luck with it and keen to see more next week!

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Kalia Ruiz January 31, 2020 3:30 pm *

Yatai Cart

What it is: Yatai Cart is a response in order to upcycle an unused space between buildings in Fukuoka, “Notes Architects” created a low-cost stand that enables a local coffee shop to be open on weekdays. The do-it-yourself design and low manufacturing cost are the basic principles that insipired the project, consisting of 17 panels made up of square timbers and plywood. It’s main concept was inspired by food talls, salled “Yatai”, and is based on the idea that a primary function of such stalls is to be portable: easy to set up when shops open and easily removed again when they close.

Where it is: Fukuoka, Japan. 2018.

Why it is relevant: Yatai Cart enables a cafe to open a coffee stand as an approved bussiness, under the current circumstances, many public spaces are not effectively used in Japan, even though they could be re-activated by implementing existing regulatory restrictions as design opportunities. It contributes to design a long-term vision based on food and creativity for urban neglected spaces in Japan.

Contact: Note Architects, http://note-arch.com/

Cases 41 Research 30 business 1 coffee 3 design 1 diy 1 food 3 food stalls 1 foodtruck 1 function 1 intervention 1 local 1 low-cost 1 manufacture 1 manufacturing cost 1 movable 1 neglected spaces 1 opportunities 1 portable design 1 public spaces 1 spaces 1 stalls 1 yatai 1

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María Becerra Martínez January 31, 2020 2:06 pm

Updated poster

Tricycle poster

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Kalia Ruiz January 30, 2020 6:50 pm *

La Peruana Coffee

What it is: La Peruana Coffee is a Pulpaking project that contributes to the sensitive environmental problem in Lima with the development of 100% biodegradable and compostable containers (20 x 25 cm), made from kitchen and agricultural waste (such as rice straw, sugar cane, plantation pseudostem and pineapple leaf) or scrap material resistant to water (such as the coffee shell). The project implementation applies principles of biotechnology to the design of the final packaging, by means of a cardboard machine.

Where it is: Lima, Perú.

Why it is relevant: The cultural impact of this project is to generate awareness and environmental education with the use of sustainable packaging, as well as it contributes to sustainable food cycles for it’s capacity of reducing significantly the plastics wholesale distrubution, resusing food waste as a new material to pack edibles.

Contact: palominonolascoelizabeth@gmail.com

Cases 41 Experts 11 Research 30 agriculture 4 coffee 3 compost 3 compostable 1 distribution 1 edible 1 environment 1 food cycles 1 food industry 2 food waste 2 material 1 packaging 1 production 2 reuse 1 sustainable 1 waste 3

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Kalia Ruiz January 30, 2020 6:23 pm *

PermaFungi

What it is: PermaFungi is a social cooperative based on urban agriculture participatory actions combined with circular economy principles. It’s main goal is to recycle urban organic waste mixed with coffee grounds to grow oyster mushrooms and to produce compost. Additionally, PermaFungi offers various kits to grow mushrooms at home as well as educational workshops regarding the cultivation techniques and permaculture seminars.

Where it is: Brussels, Belgique. 2014.

Why it is relevant: PermaFungi has been created in response to the industrialization of agriculture and the necessity to change contemporary production and consumption models, contributing to urban resilience through a user-oriented approach, by offering stable job opportunities to young unemployed or disadvantaged people as well as contributing to a decentralized mushroom production based on an open network of collaboration and creating high value-added products in a fabrication workshop.

Site: https://www.permafungi.be/

Cases 41 Experts 11 Research 30 agriculture 4 circular economy 4 cities 3 coffee 3 collaboration 1 compost 3 consumption 1 contribution 1 cooperative 1 cultivation. 1 disadvantaged 1 food 3 food industry 2 fungi 1 industrialization 1 industry 1 job opportunities 1 Mushrooms 1 network 1 organic 3 organic waste 1 people 1 production 2 recycle 1 response 1 urban 3 user 1 waste 3

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Sarah-Yasmine Aoufi January 30, 2020 3:09 pm

Food Report

What it is: Very well written article or food report, answering commonly asked questions about climate change and food

Where it is: Worldwide

Why it is relevant: The article answers many questions an individual might have regarding the climate change and food issue, especially regarding the way they intertwine with each other. Exact stats and explanations are being given about meat, seafood, dairy and suggestions how to eat more plants without entirely giving up on animal sourced products.

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/30/dining/climate-change-food-eating-habits.html?mtrref=www.nytimes.com&assetType=REGIWALL&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&gwh=F0CCD182434F2964EA82AF55B1D4BE2B&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL

Cases 41 climate change and food 1 education 5

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Sarah-Yasmine Aoufi January 30, 2020 3:03 pm

Nutri-Score

What it is: Extended nutrition labeling: Nutri-Score, a simplified, expanded nutrition label system on the front of the food packaging. With the Nutri-Score, a five-point scale from A to E shows the overall score for the nutritional value of a product. For this purpose, the number of calories and nutritionally favorable and unfavorable nutrients are offset against each other.

Where it is: France, Belgium and particular brands in Europe

Why it is relevant: The expanded nutritional labeling is intended to give the consumer an actual additional benefit and make the healthy choice an easy choice. For this it is important that the model is well perceived and understood by consumers.
Too much sugar, fats, saturated fatty acids and too much salt are not the only, but important reasons for the development of nutritional diseases such as obesity or cardiovascular diseases.
In addition to a variety of measures to promote a healthy diet, a simplified, expanded nutritional labeling system is an important component of the BMEL’s nutrition policy: if consumers can easily see what a food is like in terms of nutrients, orientation is easier and healthy Choice becomes easier. An understandable representation on the front of the food (front-of-pack) can influence the product selection and thus the nutrient supply in a nutritionally favorable manner.

URL: https://www.bmel.de/DE/Ernaehrung/Kennzeichnung/FreiwilligeKennzeichnung/_Texte/Naehrwertkennzeichnungs-Modelle-MRI-Bericht.html#doc12323462bodyText1

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Sarah-Yasmine Aoufi January 30, 2020 2:59 pm *

Copper Branch

What it is: Copper Branch plant-based power food, a restaurant focusing on plant-based foods.

Where it is: US, Canda, France

Why it is relevant: Plant-based diets offer all the necessary protein, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals for optimal health, and are often higher in fiber and phytonutrients. More and more people in North America are adopting a plant-based diet, or grow increasingly interested in the matter, so Copper Branch, being one of many, decided to capitalize on the wholesome, plant-based, non-GMO, and fast-casual restaurant market.

URL: https://eatcopperbranch.com/

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Diana Samano Ramos January 30, 2020 12:56 am *

Poster _Forgotten Farben

Hi David, sorry the delay, attached the poster. In the poster is the text of why, what and how.

Poster_FF

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Diana Samano Ramos January 30, 2020 12:45 am

Marktschwämmer

What it is: Buy when you want and what you want: fruits and vegetables, cheese, meat, bread, drinks and much more … An app with a flexible option to buy with no membership fee or minimum order value.

Where it is: Europe

Why is relevant: The community of farmers could sell their products in fair prices including the biodiversity options that the Supermarkets don’t want to buy or pay. Buying in this apps support the farmers to grow more biodiversity products, with help with quality soils, better harvest, minerals etc.

URL: https://marktschwaermer.de/de

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Food is increasingly getting on the agenda of design and designers. And there is need for new approaches!

In this international project, we will research and analyse structures and processes related to food production, distribution and consumption in (future) cities (Cologne/Taipei).

We will develop possibilities of future approaches, especially in the context of increasing digitization (AI, IoT, blockchain, traceability, bait to plate, farm to fork) – and question them critically.

How can we design a different relation to food, its ingredients and values, its production and culture, its habits and processes?
How can we create new relations and values to ingredients of food?
How can we connect (us to) different stakeholders, especially to build relations between farmer/producer and consumer.

A part of the project team – max. 6 students – will be able to work in Taipei for a week in November, supported by students from SCID Taipei and the project group in Cologne. Details will be clarified in the first project meeting.

In Cologne, we work together with local experts and stakeholders.

At the end of the semester, both the analysis and drafts / prototypes will be presented.

In the project we refer to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular to SDG 11 and 12. Due to the topic, it might be possible to submit the results to the Cumulus Green Award (and I will encourage and support you to do so).

We will approach the project by questions we want to explore. In the beginning, we will have the opportunity to find a huge variety of questions and then discuss them – amongst us and with others . in order to find out the most relevant ones. Relevant in terms of the need to approach them and relevant to approach them from the perspective of design.

Pre-meeting: if you have questions or want to make sure that you are really in the project – or want to influence the character of the project even before it started please try to join our pre-meeting on Thursday September 26 at 12.30

First official meeting: This is mandatory for all that want to join – it will be on Tuesday October 22 at 10.00. In this meeting I want to see what your specific interest in this project is – so please subscribe to this space, contribute with some relevant questions and maybe cases as well…

Regular meetings: The regular meetings are always on Tuesday at 10.00. As I mentioned due to some travel activities we won’t meet every Tuesday, but there will be weeks where we meet twice or longer during the Tuesday meeting. There is a GoogleDoc with all our meetings (always updated). If you are not available we can arrange to connect via zoom – but always let me know before.

Taiwan trip: the workshop in Taiwan is scheduled for November 18-23. The core group not traveling to Taipei will proceed meeting here and we will remotely collaborate via our KISDspace and zoom (see above).

We can learn a lot from existing cases and studies. Here we are collecting relevant cases how digitalisation influences and affects food farming, production, distribution and consumption. How farmers/producers are connected to consumers, the rural to the urban.

Cases are structured around 3 core questions: What it is, Where it is and Why it is relevant. In addition, cases have tags / keywords to made them more accessible and findable. It would be great to use the comment function about the use of cases to create additional information

Here we will collect interesting experts: individuals, organisations or initiatives who are doing something we consider valuable in the context of the project. They can be (preferrably) from the area Cologne or Taipei with the purpose to meet them for an interview, invite them for a talk or a workshop, or to go for a visit or a field trip.

This is the page where we share our digital communication – in this case video messages between Cologne and Taipei to figure out what’s the best way to keep in touch. And for live connections please use https://zoom.us/j/5505005500

Anna Luz Joséphine Pueyo Kirwan December 1, 2019 10:41 pm *

Food Forests in Hsinchu

What it is:

I visited three different food forests in Hsinchu before flying back. The city is located in the South-West of Taipei, close to the airport and not far from the sea. Its name “Hsin-chu” means “new-bamboo”, it used to be the land of many bamboo species. The city is one of the most prosperous in Taiwan because it is the place of production of many electronic devices (chips etc), so this richness makes it according to Claire, my guide, a successful place to implant food forests, because funding can be provided usually from those companies who are looking for “greenwash” strategies. She introduced me to the principle of a food forest, and the seven layers of vegetation necessary to imitate this ecosystem, as well as landscape design elements that would ease its maintenance.

Here is the manifesto for the Food Forest project.

More than half of the world population live in cities, and this number is expected to increase. Cities raise many environmental and social issues such as poor biodiversity, urban heat island effect, lack of resilience, food insecurity and many more. Our integrative solution is to build food forests in cities. A food forest is a sustainable design which mimics the ecosystem of a natural forest, with food production in mind. It started in Seattle, U.S. where people came up with the idea to build a food forest on a public lawn. We introduced the concept into Taiwan and built the first public food forest in Hsinchu where a partnership was created with the local government and community. Work parties and educational events are held to engage people in holistic learning and to share the harvest with all, including nature. Our solution has provided affordable healthy food for the community and demonstrates an ecosystem-based adaptation that can care for people and land at the same time.

Three food forests :

the first one was located in front of a residency for old people, that take good care of it but form a closed circle occupying this space, sometimes disrupted by school visits. A real pedagogic impact can be found there.
the second one was part of a sort of “village” funded by a local company, including a food forest, a restaurant, a plant shop and an occasional local market. The forest was very dry because of the lack of rain in the last months and of the bad management of volunteers. The ONG taking care of the Hsinchu food forests collapsed recently, leaving Claire without a job and the forest without a functioning management system. There would be an opportunity here for self-management of the citizens themselves, and that is what Claire believes will work in the future.
the third one was located very close to the Hsinchu High Speed Rail station. It was bigger and we arrived at the same time as a group of volunteers maintaining the area, which allowed me to see an other side of the network, led by students and middle-aged women. Part of the forest had been bought by a local company that has left it without any crops.

The biggest issue for Claire with food forests in Taiwan was that Taiwanese people were very focused on the aesthetic aspects and the ecological/social impacts of a food forest, and not so much on the perspective of food sufficiency.

Where it is:

Hsinchu, Taiwan

Why it is relevant:

These initiatives are in line with many STG goals and they could provide self-sufficiency for cities in the future, allowing consumers to avoid buying from corporate companies and control the origin of plant-based ingredients.

https://panorama.solutions/en/solution/urban-food-forest?fbclid=IwAR32uqTkDthOO3rEIRk_Bj2DRTEuA1uLED-RsUdkqdChqDdOvHkzu8Mj2D0

Cases 41 Research 30 ecosystem 1 foodforest 1 permaculture 2 self-sufficiency 1

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Anna Luz Joséphine Pueyo Kirwan December 1, 2019 10:39 pm *

Mrs Lin’s organic farm

What it is:

In the outskirts of Hualien, close to the mountains, we went to knock on the door of an independant couple of farmers, growing organically since 1993 in a region where everyone around them uses pesticides. They are 80% self-sufficient with their harvest but they don’t produce enough to really make a living out of this activity. They sell part of their harvest to local organic shops and markets. They are giving out the leftovers to charities and nursing homes. They consider farming more as a hobby, after they got fired from their job because they were too old.

Where it is:

Hualien, Taiwan

Why it is relevant:

These small-scale, family owned businesses can provide high quality products through an organic, slower process led by the old generation.

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Anna Luz Joséphine Pueyo Kirwan December 1, 2019 9:59 pm

Urban Farms in Taipei

What it is:

We came across few small urban farms/community gardens in Taipei or in Hualien.

Every time, we tried to interact with the people gardening there.

It was hard to understand the system precisely but in both cases, the people there (collecting Papayas, watering or maintaining) were volunteers (usually quite old) that were also neighbors, participating and collecting for themselves.

Those initiatives work like traditional herb/vegetable gardens and are different in that sense to food forests that reproduce the ecosystem of a forest.

In both cases, the land seemed to belong to the government and to be public.

Where it is:

Taipei, Taiwan & Suburban Area of Hualien

Why it is relevant:

In terms of social involvement of citizens, those initiatives show a real potential, as well as being a ressource for the area.

It would be interesting to know if it works the same in Germany.

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Anna Luz Joséphine Pueyo Kirwan December 1, 2019 9:09 pm *

Ferment the City

What it is :

I met three members of this collective during the workshop in Taipei. They had gathered in an abandoned house – rehabilitated into a restaurant by Taiwanese architects – to bake cookies and tempeh (an Indonesian fermented dish) with okara (the residues of Soy milk production, incredibly popular in Taipei and sold fresh amongst food stalls). They were planning to sell it on a local market that I will be mentioning in the post about food forests. Here is the manifesto of their work.

Ferment the City! is a group of people who share the common interest in fermentation and have practiced it in various ways as a natural process, which creates the conditions for good bacteria to interact, collaborate, multiply, and enhance the inherent nutritional value and taste of ingredients.
Most of them have experimented with kimchi, kombucha or ginger beer before and were all amazed by the capability of fermentation to turn organic (surplus) ingredients into delicious foods and beverages.

They bring “Ferment the City!” into being as an initiative to explore fermentation as a way to transform wastes into resources.

Ferment the City! 發酵城市 is supported by 2019 CREATORS program of the Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB) in Taipei.

I also have their contact if needed!

Where it is :

Taipei, Taiwan

Why it is relevant :

They are keen to further investigate biological fermentation for transforming and recycling organic wastes into new resources, such as fermented food, animal feed, compost, urban gardening, craft and building materials.

Their concept of “social fermentation” could also inspire many of us, as it symbolizes the slow process of collective ideas maturation to work towards positive futures.

Please listen to the videos if you are interested, they explain better than I do 🙂

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Y7An8s8n2kdRm-4ks_wAgoPCgQetNyiE

Cases 41 Experts 11 Research 30 fermentation 1 waste 3

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Anna Luz Joséphine Pueyo Kirwan December 1, 2019 8:34 pm *

Pierre Loisel, the canadian pionneer for Taipei’s compost system

What it is:

Pierre Loisel, a 70 year-old farmer from Quebec, living in Taiwan for more than 50 years that tells people everywhere they should eat healthy produce grown with kitchen scraps. He originated the collection system of organic waste of Taipei city twenty years ago.

He created a compost system for the city and built a farm based on this extremely rich compost. He lives in San Zhi in the north west on Taipei, I could not visit his farm because he is old now but his story is very inspiring and he offers a powerpoint presentation to understand the challenges of family-owned land in Taiwan. I have access to his contact if anyone is interested in the topic.

Where it is:

San Zhi, Taiwan

Why it is relevant:

This case is not very recent but it informs on this side of organic agriculture in the Taiwanese context. Loisel’s can be a good example to look at, and even to consult for our project if we intend to work along with the Taiwanese governement/ system.

“Organic farming is the future in agriculture … If developed into a field, it could be one of Taiwan’s biggest sources of income,” Loisel said. His method “revolutionary agriculture” is supporting that people should eat good food to stay healthy, adding that his produce, grown with kitchen scrap compost fertilizers, is unique.

“Chinese table scrap compost is the most nutritious in the world. The vegetables grown with it develop defensive capabilities against bugs. So there is less work with spraying pesticides, and the vegetables are healthier. Also, [though many say salt in the soil is a barrier] my compost has bacteria that takes salt and makes it accessible to plants,” Loisel said.

The net result, Loisel said, “is that I come up with a product unique to the world.”

“I want to increase the price for good quality produce in Taiwan, since Taiwanese are not paying enough for good quality” he said. In the organic market, the most expensive vegetables sell for NT$96 per 600g, but farmers would get about NT$48 out of that, he said, adding: “This is not enough to cover cost, especially if you take into consideration natural disasters like heat or typhoon.”

If the organic farmer cuts out the middleman and sells directly to customers as Loisel does, he can earn higher profits and maintain a buffer to stay honest without cheating with pesticides.“With my farming model, a couple can earn a good living … Farming is never easy, but it is not slave work,” Loisel said.

“This is sustainable farming — you pick up kitchen waste locally, compost it, and turn it into food,” he said.

To read the full article, this way!

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/09/30/2003424613?fbclid=IwAR3neE_Fsqs5iGy70S657xo3yUZuekaDDWR4wED8yBP9bf0Mv_MMBdVqo4k

Cases 41 Experts 11 Research 30 circular 1 compost 3 organic farming 2 Taiwan 2

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David Martens November 22, 2019 5:48 am

Gathering Workshop Materials Taipei

Dear Workshop participants

In order for the valuable materials which were produced during the workshop not to get lost, I have created this drive folder in which you can upload your presentation, interesting research, visuals and documents.

This way, we can retrieve your input at a later stage in the continuing project in Cologne. Thank you!!

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Kalia Ruiz November 21, 2019 8:17 pm *

RESEARCH CARDS

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Philipp Heidkamp November 11, 2019 7:12 pm

Criteria

Here I am sharing the criteria for the Taipei workshop -. and of course they are related to our work here. So please have them in mind as criteria for your individual project topics to work on.

CRITERIA

(Future) speculations about food and the city will lead to countless opportunities. In order to narrow down your focus and being able to relate your outcomes to each other a set of criteria for your work and our evaluation are set.

Try to connect people, places and activities in the city with the rural
Connect/relate people to food and build communities
Create awareness of food/ingredient quality, relate people to food, engage, educate
Provide (useful, necessary, feasible and digestible) data and information about food/ingredients and farming products, make intelligent use of information technology
Try to relate production and consumption in a closer way!
Use very characteristic and specific places in the city (abandoned spaces, green rooftops, (pop-up) restaurants, markets… to make things tangible
Focus on agriculture (fruits, vegetables, crops etc.) as this allows the biggest flexibility in involvement and scalability
Find possible distinction criteria of your product and create a narrative relevant for consumers.

And, some hints for your work:

Look at Community Supported Agriculture – how can this support (or plug into) the individual projects?
Decrease the middle-men in the supply chain
Use of digital technology to improve solutions
Empowering local products, people
Work towards solutions that work in a respectful (check stakeholders!) and scalable (other places, global demand) way
Searching alternatives for mass-production and industrial food production
Investigate opportunities for Restaurant / street stall / pop-up food places as a touchpoint where new experiences emerge

Choose farming products which allow enough opportunity for intelligent disposition and re-use (or at least check if there are any) e.g. rice, coffee etc.

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Philipp Heidkamp November 10, 2019 4:30 pm *

As announced: Some links for DLF radio

I can highly recommend to listen (sorry, German only) to the following DLF podcasts / programs:

Digitalisierung der Landwirtschaft
Die Nahrung der Zukunft aus der Stadt
Bits und Bytes für Kleinbauern (about farmers and digitalisation in Africa, see also the website of CTA)

For sure the Global Food Summit (mentioned quite often) is a valuable ressource as qwell.

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David Martens November 7, 2019 5:18 pm *

Research Cards

Hi everyone! Today during the meeting, we discussed how it would be useful to get the research we have done so far on physical cards. This is a way for us to get an overview of the collected cases and it could be especially of value for the workshop-participants in Taipei to flick through those cards!

As said in class, but also for the ones who weren’t there, try to summarise your cases onto a physical card (A6). We decided it should have a summarising and catchy title, a short description of the case/phenomenon/project… and some sources. Give it a try and take your card(s) tomorrow, we will discuss whether that works or not.

Look at the example and download the template/fonts etc from the Drive here.

See you tomorrow at 11:30!

EDIT: Notice how I switched the texts around, so when it prints, the correct text is on the back of the suiting image.

Also, don’t worry if you can’t get it into the template. Per case, just select a good image, decide on a title, a short description and a reference and bring that!

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Speisewald now on the jovoto platform as contribution for the Cumulus green competition

Yatai Cart

Updated poster

La Peruana Coffee

PermaFungi

Food Report

Nutri-Score

Copper Branch

Poster _Forgotten Farben

Marktschwämmer

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Food Forests in Hsinchu

Mrs Lin’s organic farm

Urban Farms in Taipei

Ferment the City

Pierre Loisel, the canadian pionneer for Taipei’s compost system

Gathering Workshop Materials Taipei

RESEARCH CARDS

Criteria

As announced: Some links for DLF radio

Research Cards