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Category: Art, Environment

An interesting project from Toronto: My Street Has No Trees (MSHNT) is a public and participatory installation that utilises the vestigial design of Toronto’s post and ring bike stands as armatures for micro-gardens. The intent of the project is to raise awareness about the imbalance between the hardscapes and softscapes of our streets, to encourage people to think critically about the transformative possibilities of our everyday environments, and to increase the beauty and joy of our neighbourhoods. View

Category: Cultural Engineers, Design, Events

It was one of four applications selected by the judging panel at the Honda Hack Day chosen to be put to the Guardian readers vote. After a month of voting, Bike Alert has been announced as the victor. The creators will receive a £2,000 grant from Honda to allow the application to be developed further. A firm... Read more

Category: Design, Entrepreneurs, Environment, Futurology

Scaling down the concept of urban farming into something bite-size and digestible, Shanghai based creative Hiroyuki Shinohara has developed a mini office farm using only waste products such as bottle tops and coffee filters. A zero waste project, as it uses only what was already there, sees his ‘Transportable... Read more