The Dancing Orchards in Jätkäsaari
The solar powered Dancing Orchards rolling through an alley in Jätkäsaari. Why should cars have all the autonomous driving fun? Naturecots.fi
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Fountain-To-Go: Working Prototype
The prototype for our Fountain-to-Go portable solar powered fountain is now planted and running smoothly. Time for a picnic!
My Wasteland Table
My Wasteland Table is a bit of refreshing ruderal landscape for your patio or balcony. The table top is made of asphalt and steel rebars sourced from a local urban redevelopment area. The materials are cleaned up and seeds of local wild plants are planted in the cracks in the asphalt.
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Nature Cots: The Movable Bilberry Pad – First Modules Ready
The first modules of The Movable Bilberry Pad are now ready. We planted the Siberian larch container modules with wild bilberries, lingonberries, crowberries and some other forest floor plants such as mosses and calluna.
Thank you for our sponsors Messupuu and Piiraisen Viherpalvelu and the project supporters Kone Foundation and the Finnish Cultural Foundation!
Eco Terrace First Prize!
The competition entry by WSP Finland team, including Mieluisa, won the shared 1st prize in the Eco-efficient Restaurant Terrace ideas competition organized by Climate Street and the City of Helsinki. The aim of the competition was to find new eco-efficient ways to prolong the restaurant terrace season in the Nordic climate. Big congratulations to the other winners Urban Gardens Finland and Arkkitehtuuritoimisto IAH as well!
Finnish Cultural Foundation Grant
The Finnish Cultural Foundation has generously awarded a grant to our project The Nature Cots. With the grant we will build The Movable Bilberry Pad. Working together with Services for the Elderly in Kangasala, Finland, we will bring the Bilberry Pad to a service center for the elderly to enjoy and to engage with. A big Thank You for the Finnish Cultural Foundation!
Nature Cots: The Dancing Orchards
The latest Nature Cot is The Dancing Orchards: a matrix of autonomously moving apple trees and berry bushes. Check it out at NatureCots.fi.
FAILING T-Shirts!
Mieluisa launches a FAILING t-shirt collection. SAD!