Topic “food and drink”
FEEDING THE 5000
The good guys at Feeding the 5000 show us how much food waste is happening and what we could actually do with it at Trafalgar Square on the 16th Dec. Farms, packers and markets have donated food that are cosmetically imperfect yet still very edible to give away to the public. Smoothies prepared from surplus fruits powered by bicycles too! Raising awareness in the UK on how much food wastage is happening by individuals and retailers, and how that food could be channelled to starving others.
(via feeding5k)
ECSCUBE
So there are people creating sustainable micro-architecture here in Malaysia that is not too shabby. Enter the Ecscube.
We love the use of their green architecture + ULTRA energy. Solar panels power up 2 sockets for lighting and electrical appliances. Its made of reclaimed wood, modular and even very attractive. Pop by UKM to checkout their food kiosk and mini green store. Designed and created by the award winning Azimin Tazilan who brought you the breathing door (awarded in London) EcsPose and Ecstract.
Now, to get this on the streets. We wish him all the best.
DISPOSABLE PAPERWARE 2
We showed you the Wasara and even edible tableware, here comes another contender.
With more stylin, made from leaves and completely chemical free. The Hampi - now with a cult following by chefs, in-cafes and the famous.
Future Food
Philips looks at the future of food. Looking at what could be, based on where we are, they see our futures with more content-concious, controlled and self-farmed food.
Home Farming, is just that.
Diagnostic Kitchen gives you a swallow-able sensor that will tell you monitor your nutrition and give you personalised information on your food.
Food Creation prints out your meal for you based on your specified shape and consistency.
Rumble
In reviewing No Impact Man from a sustainable food perspective, GOOD blogger Twilight Greenway grazes on how taking eating to the 'extreme' can open eyes and shift perspective.
Food is powerful, and the absence of it can be even more so. Meatless on Mondays, the Hunger Challenge and a Vegan before 6PM are hunger-awareness projects in a 'trend toward cold-turkey abstinence'. Greenway seeds how individual eye-opening, hunger-manifesting could be the way to a sustainable food system.
OZ GREENS
La Trobe University Museum of Art (melbourne) - latest installation to promote sustainable food sourcing.
Touching on the the edibles of the native aborigines and the indigenous plants that are now slowly lacking on the continent. The culture of waste and disposal. Be enlightened here.
Chew Slowly
The Go Slow Cafe, part of the super Pioneers of Change festival eases you into the world of 'slow food' sweetly.
Serving boards that outline how far your food has travelled, a pushing of the 'un-hurry' through space design and getting a bunch of 'grandmother' types to serve up the meals - all in an effort in a 'renewed appreciation of details and processes'.
(via Eat Me Daily)
Eat Your Walls
Arch Daily says Grace Restaurant will now be edible. The building, a vertical garden will be covered in tasty fruits, vegetables and herbs - free for the taking.
...we've got a thing for edible buildings... :)
See, The Incredible Edible House and The Green Tower.
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