Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revision Previous revision
Next revision
Previous revision
michka:know-hows [2014-03-11 18:04] michkamichka:know-hows [2014-10-03 13:30] (current) michka
Line 1: Line 1:
 ====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 experimentsalso wanted to see how including making in my daily schedule would impact my concentration during mind-centered activities.
  
-===Bioproductive Balcony===+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. I therefore started a [[michka:know-hows/bioproductive_balcony|Bioproductive Balcony]] experiment on FoAM's balcony.
  
-Self-sufficiency starts with one of our most basic needsFood. 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 spaceincluding the valorisation of some of these byproducts for non-alimentary activities.+Otherwise, 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]] for seed storage and exchange
  
-[[michka:know-hows/bioproductive_balcony|Here]] is the page dedicated to this experiment. +I ended up mixing up making and research to build up supercapacitorsmicrobial fuel cells, cook materials or grow kombuchaand more.
- +
-===Recipes=== +
- +
-==Lunches== +
- +
-[[:michka/know-hows/vegetable_curry_with_rice|Vegetable curry with rice]] +
- +
-[[:michka/know-hows/sweet_and_sour_vegetables_with_semolina|Sweet and Sour Vegetables with Semolina]] +
- +
-[[:michka/know-hows/calliflower_carrots_parsnip_curry_with_rice|Calliflower, Carrots and Parsnip Curry with Rice]] +
- +
-==Other experiments== +
- +
-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]]. +
- +
-Being an absolute fan of [[:michka/cramique|cramique]]the famous raisins-containing Belgian briocheI decided I would try to cook it myself. +
- +
-===Making objects=== +
- +
-==Obtaining Raw Materials== +
- +
-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. +
- +
-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.+
  • michka/know-hows.1394561081.txt.gz
  • Last modified: 2014-03-11 18:04
  • by michka