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| 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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| However, matching what you need with what you find needs a little bit of strategy. I will therefore document here my [[:michka:know-hows:urban_foraging|Urban Foraging]] experiments and good practices. | I identified some [[michka:know-hows:urban_foraging|sources]] of not-so-waste materials, [[michka/know-hows/pallet_dismantling|dismantled some pallets]], [[michka:know-hows:recipes|cooked]], and folded some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zd-Uc5Kgco|origami envelopes]]. Then, I mixed up making and research to build up supercapacitorsm, microbial fuel cells, cook materials or grow kombucha, and more. |
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| An abundant urban waste-resource material is wood, mainly in the shape of pallets. Here is what I learned during my two first [[:michka/know-hows/pallet_dismantling|pallet dismantling]] experiments. | |
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| ==A few objects== | |
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| 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]]. | |
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| ===Recipes=== | |
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| It invested some time into cooking this year. Here are some recipes. | |
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| ==Lunches== | |
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| [[:michka/know-hows/vegetable_curry_with_rice|Vegetable curry with rice]] | |
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| [[:michka/know-hows/sweet_and_sour_vegetables_with_semolina|Sweet and Sour Vegetables with Semolina]] | |
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| [[:michka/know-hows/calliflower_carrots_parsnip_curry_with_rice|Calliflower, Carrots and Parsnip Curry with Rice]] | |
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| ==Other experiments== | |
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| I prepared [[:michka/know-hows/tomatillo_chutney|Tomatillo's chutney]] out of green tomatillos which were kindly offered to me by [[http://opengreens.okno.be/person.php?id=85|Annemie]] after a day spent working in her [[http://annemariemaes.net/research/urban-corridors/urban-artfarm-2012/|rooftop garden]]. | |
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| Being an absolute fan of [[:michka/cramique|cramique]], the famous raisins-containing Belgian brioche, I decided I would try to cook it myself. | |
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