army of seed bombs!

after seed bomb making and a crazy grub experience the seed bombs have been distributed!

did anyone notice the two magazines Jan has recommended for this semester "Good" and "Plenty", I love it.

picture from:
www.ilovesweettreats.com

3 parts

So I started out with a three part project, I have since downsized but this was what I was thinking and hope to eventually complete the list. 1)make seed bombs and distribute (in a guerilla DIY style). 2) set up a workshop where people can come and learn to make seed bombs and take them with (this plan is in the works I'm thinking about doing a workshop at the ecofest this spring, it's in talks right now). 3) Clean up sad looking, neglected urban areas (this part just requires man power and time, and is still in the plan).

what they look like

picture from:
http://funtimehappygardenexplosion.blogspot.com/2007/08/guerilla-gardening-seed-bombs.html

prototype

Here it is, my game plan.
This is a 4" x 6" postcard, one side has a recipe for seed bombs the other side is a place to address and write on (standard postcard format).
Attached is a envelope/packet made out of newspaper that contains at least three seed bombs. The perfect ammo for an anyone to become a guerrilla gardener.

Guerilla Gardening/Seed Bombs

Cleaning up urban areas (can be applied to other areas too). A tactic that allows the gardener to take a barren neglected area and spruce it up with some green and color.
More info:
History www.heavypetal.ca
Guerilla Gardening www.guerrillagardening.org

It's something anyone can do!!!

Recipe card

SEED BOMBS (for your inner guerilla gardener)

Ingredients:

5 parts powdered clay	5 parts dry compost
1 part wildflower seeds indigenous to your area	water

Directions:

1. Mix clay, compost, and seeds together and moisten with just enough water to give it the consistency of play-dough

2. Roll up the mixture into ping-pong sized balls

3. Allow the balls to dry in a cool dry place for about 3 days

4. When you feel the need to make a sad looking space a little greener, throw in a seed bomb!

How it works:

You locate an area that is in need of some re-vegetation (e.g. sidewalk crack, vacant lot, neglected median strip, etc.) Then get the seed bomb to the area. The seed bomb contains all it needs, the clay holds it together so it can be tossed or thrown, the compost feeds the seeds, and as the seed bomb is broken down by rain and other elements the seeds will start to germinate, bringing a burst of color to a drab landscape.

10

1. health care (for all especially children) 2. education (quality!) 3. art for all 4. seniors (more awareness) 5. conservation-energy, water, etc., 6. homeless (health care included) 7. recycling that works (knowledge) 8. materialism 9. wasted time (too much TV watching, I'm guilty/less talk more action) 10. urban space (lack of respect from people/litter-keep common spaces clean!)

Social Design

With out going online or looking up a definition I think social design is a creative and thinking process that allows someone to think of ways to improve a social situation.
After looking up definitions I still like my definition but would include design that cares, design that can change, and acting responsibly. (creativeforacause.org)

Who? I fist think of Buckmisterfuller as being a social designer and thinker. Also bioneers are social designers. Along with Kate Andrews (design21sdn.com)

bioneers

I have never heard of bioneers before today but it's seems that this term could describe our social design class. Nov. 7-9 there is a conference at MICA of bioneers, it strikes me as quite interesting. It's called Balto. Bioneers '08: Cultivating Change, Inspiring Solutions.
For more info. check out www.cultivatingchange.org and/or www.bioneers.org
check it out!
Also here's what I found for a definition of bioneer...
It describes individuals and groups working in diverse disciplines who have crafted creative solutions to various environmental and socio-cultural problems rooted in shared core values, including whole systems, (anticipatory) thinking, a view of all life as interdependent, and sustainable mutual aid. (defined by Wikipedia)

Post Secret

POSTSECRET @ University of Maryland @Baltimore 9/30/08
Come see the creator of the project speak!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25266698457

Hello!