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“Long before Alice Waters introduced the concept of students growing their own food in Berkeley kids were putting hoe to soil at schools in the Philippines. School farms in the island nation go back at least to World War II. Many were, and still are, born of necessity. Others are started not only to feed kids but to teach them life skills and engender a respect for farming.”

via EatingAsia: Where School Farms Aren’t Such a New Idea.

Fantastic Flickr set of New Orleans’ abandoned Six Flags location. Seen first at Selectism..

Architecture Review: Eric Owen Moss’ Samitaur Tower in Culver City is a bold landmark along the coming Expo Line - latimes.com

“This is not an exhibition about what buildings look like. Gone is the blowhard shape-making and bad sculpture of the previous biennale, curated by Aaron Betsky in 2008. Neither is it didactic, like the 2006 version, curated by Richard Burdett, which was a blizzard of facts and statistics about cities – vital stuff, but rather like exploring a book pasted on the walls. Instead, this year’s show is much more about what should happen inside buildings, the pure experience of space.”

via This year’s Venice Architecture Biennale is about people, not plans | guardian.co.uk.

Miegakure, one of the 32 Indiecade Finalist Games. Lots of stuff to see over there though of course I feature the platformer above because, well, I’m like that.

“African plants have many defences against elephants. Some try to match them for strength by developing thick buttresses. Others rely on physical defences like thorns and poisons. Yet others abandon the fight and concentrate on being able to re-grow quickly. None of these measures is foolproof; despite these efforts, elephants frequently damage trees, severely and sometimes fatally. The whistling thorn acacia (Acacia drepanolobium) is a striking exception. Even in the heart of elephant country, it’s rarely touched and can grow in dense forests. It’s no coincidence that the whistling thorn has a partnership with ants. It provides them with homes in the form of swollen thorns, and food in the form of nectar. In return, the ants attack any invaders, regardless of their size.”

via Threatened by elephants? Try recruiting ants | Not Exactly Rocket Science.

“Do urban landscapes act as attractors for storms and hurricanes? “New research shows that rough areas of land, including city buildings and naturally jagged land cover like trees and forests, can actually attract passing hurricanes,” a study claimed last week. It works because the whole landscape acts as a kind of vortex or chimney.”

via BLDGBLOG: Windy City.

architechnophilia: house of the week 83: Lee House

“The humble Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) bears a heavy burden. It may be just a small, shrimp-like crustacean, but its sheer abundance makes it one of the largest protein sources on Earth, eagerly sought by fish, penguins, whales — and man. Ecologists are now warning that the rapid growth in krill fishing is adding to the pressure of environmental changes threatening the creatures, and are calling for better monitoring and precautionary management of krill fisheries.”

via Ecologists fear Antarctic krill crisis : Nature News, seen first at Infectious Greed.

“Until six weeks ago, all that existed at 100 Clerkenwell Road, north London were the remains of an abandoned petrol station, a concrete lull on a busy road whose only inhabitants were nocturnal graffiti artists. Since then the space has been radically transformed by 16 young artists and designers into a pop-up cinema.”

via Cineroleum: cinema in a petrol station - Telegraph.