[p2p-research] resilient detroit

[Michel Bauwens]

see here: http://p2pfoundation.net/Refarm_the_City

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> Re:farm the city  yes familiar and I'll mirror content there, too.
> That is an effort in South America, yes?
>
> I'll be sure to announce via blog, too of course.
>
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > superb work sam, when it's operational, don't forget to announce it via
> our
> > blog ...
> >
> > are you familiar with refarm the city ..?
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Michel Bauwens <
> michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > A RESILIENT DETROIT?
> >> >
> >> > We have a downtown core and then we clearly have an outer ring, the
> >> > question
> >> > is how do you link those two?" Douglass Diggs, interim executive
> >> > director
> >> > Detroit Land Bank (in charge of Detroit's downsizing).
> >> >
> >> > http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/
> >>
> >> Thanks Michel,
> >>
> >>
> >> For me, this summer, my primary focus is developing highly modular and
> >> replicable open source techology for indoor and outdoor urban
> >> agriculture.
> >>
> >> Our first effort, here in Lansing, MI (about 100 miles away from
> >> Detroit) is
> http://www.appropedia.org/Food_Commons_Rain_Water_Hydroponics
> >>
> >> This is outdoor food production of produce, using an intelligent
> >> rainwater/gravity fed irrigation system. The same system will also be
> >> usable for indoor/outdoor full hydroponics. This is designed for
> >> produce optimization (getting the best production per-species out of
> >> produce) and for replicability of results.
> >>
> >> Then next step once this is developed and working, will be to deploy
> >> on vacant land around the city, and create multiple indoor
> >> installations, for year round food production. Plus, we can adapt to
> >> high tunnel/hoop house production.
> >>
> >> We'll document the growing sharing and other economies while
> >> developing the technology and food production.
> >>
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>  Sam Rose
> Future Forward Institute and Forward Foundation
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> skype: samuelrose
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