MARCH 10,11, 2012I

NETWORKSGRASSROOTSDIYANARCHISTACTIVISTLOCALCOLLABORATIVEDIRECT DEMOCRACY

GRASSROOTSDIYANARCHISTACTIVISTLOCALCOLLABORATIVEDIRECT DEMOCRACY

NETWORKS

ORGANIZINGAn EventA PublicationA Social Network

SUSTAININGA working groupA project

GRASSROOTSDIYANARCHISTACTIVISTLOCALCOLLABORATIVEDIRECT DEMOCRACY

NETWORKS

F DESIGNERS ARE MORE THAN JUST SERVICE PROVIDERS.

F FARMERS ARE MORE THAN JUST GOODS PRODUCERS.

Event:CrowdsourcingBrainstormingBarn Raising

Make:Building SomethingPlanning Something

Document:A WebsiteA PublicationA Social Network

Plan:Sustaining the groupWhat is the next step?How to maximize a potential?Who else would be interested?

CLOSED LOOPS IN TRADITIONAL ECONOMIES.

FAMILIAR IMAGES:

CLOSED LOOP PRODUCTS COST MORE MONEY.

LIFECYCLE DESIGN“CIVIL BRANDING”

SUSTAINABLE FOR WHO?

Event:CrowdsourcingBrainstormingBarn Raising

Make:Building SomethingPlanning Something

Document:A WebsiteA PublicationA Social Network

Plan:Sustaining the groupWhat is the next step?How to maximize a potential?Who else would be interested?

PRODUCT CENTERIC VS PROJECT CENTERIC

Event:CrowdsourcingBrainstormingBarn Raising

Make:Building SomethingPlanning Something

Document:A WebsiteA PublicationA Social Network

Plan:Sustaining the groupWhat is the next step?How to maximize a potential?Who else would be interested?

SUSTAINING A COMMUNITY

Event:CrowdsourcingBrainstormingBarn Raising

Make:Building SomethingPlanning Something

Document:A WebsiteA PublicationA Social Network

Plan:Sustaining the groupWhat is the next step?How to maximize a potential?Who else would be interested?

WRITE A PROGRAM

INSPIRING RESEARCH

THOUGHTFULDESIGN

WHAT NEXT?

SUSTAINING A PROJECT

POSSIBLE PROMPTS:-WATER-SOIL-GROWING STRUCTURES-INFRASTRUCTURE-ETC:

•WATER ISSUES

•IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

•RAIN COLLECTORS

•DRIP LINE SYSTEMS

•WEED CONTROL

•SOIL FERTILITY

•NUTRIENT CYCLING

•VEGGIE WASHING

•HARVESTING

•POTLUCKING

•EXERICSE

•HEALTH

•FIGHT OBESITY

•YOGA SHOVELING

•ANIMAL FEEDS

•MILKING

•COMPOST TURNING

•FOOD PROCESSING

•PRESERVES

•PICKLING

•JERKY MAKING

•SOLAR DEHYDRATORS

•TOOL STORAGE

•WORM BINS

•COMPOST COLLECTION

•VERTICAL PLANTING

•HOOP HOUSE CONTROL FARMER MARKETING

•SOCIAL OUTREACH

•INTEGRATION W/ SUPERMARKETS

•PEDAL POWERED THINGS

•EDUCATION

•FARM TO SCHOOL

•POP-UP FARMS

•SHADE STRUCTURES

•SOLAR PUMPS

•AQUAPONIC SYSTEM

•TRANSPORTATION

•REDUCING THE COST OF GOOD FOOD

•NETWORKING ACROSS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

•COMPOST HEATING

•COMPOST TEA

•TEMPORARY AGRICULTURE

•COLLABORATING WITH DESIGNERS

•SHARING RECIPES

•OPEN-SOURCE COPYRIGHT ISSUES

•SOIL REMEDIATION

•SOIL TESTING

•TOOL SHARING NETWORKS

•BARTER NETWORKS

•FARM PARTIES

•CONNECTING WITH RURAL FARMERS

•ROOFTOP FARMING

•ANIMALS IN THE CITY

•CHICKEN COOPS

•BEES

•SYSTEMS FOR FINDING LABOR WITHOUT MONEY

•DOCUMENTATION STRATEGIES

•URBAN FARMING AS AN ART PRACTICE

•ART AS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

•COMMUNITY AWARENESS

•COMMUNITY DINNERS

•ORGANIZING CLASSES

•FINDING FARMING SITES

•IDENTIFYING UNDERUSED LAND

•BARNRAISING

•FARMHACK

•BRANDING

•RISD’S ROLE IN FARMING

•INSTRUCTION MANUALS

•PUBLICITY

•SCALING UP SMALL OPERATIONS

•TEMPORARY GROWING STRUCTURES

•MOBILE URBAN AG

•WINTER COMPOST

WATER ISSUES

PROBLEM:MOBILE VEGETABLE WASHING STATION

PROBLEM:RAINWATER COLLECTION TO DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

PROBLEM:MOVABLE HOOPHOUSE FOR CLIMATE CONTROL

PROBLEM:HEATING GROWBEDS WITH COMPOST

SOIL ISSUES

PROBLEM:WORM BIN SYSTEMS

PROBLEM:COMPOST TEA EXTRACTORS

PROBLEM:DESIGN A COMPOST COLLECTION NETWORK

INFRASTRUCTURAL ISSUES

PROBLEM:STORAGE SYSTEMS AND TOOL SHARING NETWORKS

PROBLEM:GRAPHIC AND SOCIAL NETWORKS TO DOCUMENT AND SHARE COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS:WHO DOES THE WORK?HOW TO TARGET A FOCUSED AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE?

EXAMPLEPROJECT

. -DOCUMENT-MAKE-PLAN-EVENT

FITNESS FARM

Abstract: Fitness Farm is an event designed to harness the latent work potential of excercise. Club Fitness reports that 45.5 million people had gym club memberships, generating over $19.1 billion in business. Fitness Farm is a program to make it easy to match up those who want to work for free and those who need work. The concept is simple, a van will meet at a predecided loca-tion, pick up members and drop them off at a farm. Like a fitness gym, users will have the option to work in various ways designed to maximize physical activity and help farms with menial tasks.

EVENT

WRITE A PROGRAM:

GIVE IT A NAME:

BRANDING

MARKETING AND AUDIENCE

INCLUDING THE EXIST-ING COMMUNITY

SITE

SITES TO TRAVEL TO

INCENTIVES AND SKILLS LEARNED

TRANSPORTATION and OTHER REQ. EQUIPMENT

FITNESS FARM

(1) GREEN GYM

(2) WWOOF-ING

(3) PERMABLITZ

(4) ECO-GYM

(5) EXERCISE ELECTRICITY

DOCUMENT:

Dig post holes

Shovel manure

Lift haybales

chase chickens

split firewood

Planning Diagrams

MAKE:

wheelbarrow pull-up bar mounted beneath handles

proper posture for full leg press

Possible Design Object

MAKE:

• Test out the idea with a group of friends and a local farm

• Follow up with Olivia Rodgers who may be interested in researching this project in her thesis at RISD

Contact:

Liam Turkle

Brooklyn NY 978 808 3867 liamturkle@gmail.com

Incentives:

Fun Credit Creative value Business Opportunity

Will Need:

A list of possible farms interest from the fitness community

• Make flyers and commit to driving a van once a month

• Focus on RISD students as initial audience

• Seek funding opportunities, market it as an art project

• Start a simple blog to help expand the network.

• Talk to local gym members, see if an instructor is interested, or better yet, a gym that is willing to endorse Fitness Farm

• Are participants willing to pay a small fee for this experience?

• Is there a potential barter system that works?

• Is there a strategy for outreaching to undocumented workers in a non-monetary economy?

• This project could expand into extensive social network that rethinks common ideas about labor and fair wages.

• As interst grows projects could become more ambitious and explore different areas of work.

Execution:

Strategies of Scaling Up:

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PLAN

WHAT WE CAN DO TOMORROW?

Flyer Fitness Centers in Providence

Providence

Brooklyn

HOW BIG CAN THIS GET?

FITNESS FARM

FITNESS FARMAbstract: Fitness Farm is an event designed to harness the latent work potential of excercise. Club Fitness reports that 45.5 million people had gym club memberships, generating over $19.1 billion in business. Fitness Farm is a program to make it easy to match up those who want to work for free and those who need work. The concept is simple, a van will meet at a predecided location, pick up members and drop them off at a farm. Like a fitness gym, users will have the op-tion to work in various ways designed to maximize physical activity and help farms with menial tasks.

GENERATE PROMPTS

YOUR NAME

WHAT DO YOU DO WELL?

WHAT IS A PROJECT OR PROBLEM YOU WANT TO WORK ON?

FFF

URBAN/NETWORK SCALE

HUMAN/OBJECT SCALE

WATER ISSUES

SOIL ISSUES

GROWING STRUCTURES

INFRASTRUCTURAL ISSUES