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 ====Know-Hows==== ====Know-Hows====
  
-Here is the documentation of making experiments I performed during my Transiency. Making seems to be a performance-enhancing activity complementary to mind-centered work. Increasing the amount of making activities in my schedule is therefore part of my research towards Self-Sufficiency as well as my research towards a more efficient and pleasant [[michka:daily_schedule_scheme|Daily Schedule Scheme]].+One of my objectives this year was to improve my know-how skills through making experiments. I also wanted to see how including making in my daily schedule would impact my concentration during mind-centered activities.
  
 ===Bioproductive Balcony=== ===Bioproductive Balcony===
  
-Self-sufficiency starts with one of our most basic needs: Food. I will therefore try to learn the basic of gardening this year. FoAM gave me their balcony as an experimental space for an urban vertical garden. I will try to make the most of this space, including the valorisation of some of these byproducts for non-alimentary activities.+After being involved in the P2P Food Lab project as a Subsidies Proposal Writing Assistant, and developing some DIY bio-sourced electronics to monitor a garden, the next logical step is to... garden
  
-[[michka:know-hows/bioproductive_balcony|Here]] is the page dedicated to this experiment.+[[michka:know-hows/bioproductive_balcony|Here]] is the page dedicated to the small garden I started on FoAM's balcony.
  
 ===Making objects=== ===Making objects===
  
-==Obtaining Raw Materials==+==Obtaining Raw Materials through Urban Foraging==
  
 Everytime I walk through Brussels, I stumble on hundreds of kilos of not-that-waste materials. Rather than buying new materials, I will try to make the most of this existing resource to make objects. Everytime I walk through Brussels, I stumble on hundreds of kilos of not-that-waste materials. Rather than buying new materials, I will try to make the most of this existing resource to make objects.
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 ==A few objects== ==A few objects==
  
-Make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zd-Uc5Kgco|Origami envelopes]]. Only old paper is needed, no glue. I use them to pack up seeds for the bioproductive balcony, or to exchange them through [[http://www.grainesdetroc.fr|Graines de troc]] and [[http://www.plantcatching.com|Plant Catching]].+Make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zd-Uc5Kgco|Origami envelopes]]. Only scrap paper is needed, no glue. I use them to pack up seeds for the bioproductive balcony, or to exchange them through [[http://www.grainesdetroc.fr|Graines de troc]] and [[http://www.plantcatching.com|Plant Catching]].
  
-==List of Forthcoming Projects==+===Recipes===
  
-   * Cardboard furniture +It invested some time into cooking this year. Here are some recipes.
-   * Solar oven +
-   * Hay box +
-   * Fruit/Vegetable dryer +
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-===Recipes===+
  
 ==Lunches== ==Lunches==
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