Published 30 April 2018 by Alexis Rowell

Spring has finally arrived at The Big Raise, the (future) permaculture farm. Our trainee maker-farmers have loads to do: Windbreaks to plant, cuttings to nurture, fruit bushes to plant...

Published 13 March 2018 by Alexis Rowell

Our trainee maker-farmers want to start planting fruit trees on their land next winter, but first they need to know how healthy their soil is with the help from a special kind of doctor.

Published 13 February 2018 by Alexis Rowell

Théo Champagnat et Jean-Noël Gertz grow mushrooms in a disused underground car park. We sent our future maker-farmers on the first official visit of the only organic farm in Paris.

Published 23 January 2018 by Alexis Rowell

The long-term aim of Alexis and Blanche is to produce energy from sources on their permaculture farm: biomass, sun, geothermal. Here is their energy strategy interim plan.

Published 21 November 2017 by Alexis Rowell

In order to make his microfarm a reality, Alexis trained in permaculture at the Norman farm of Bec Hellouin. He took the opportunity to interview his founders, Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer.

Published 31 October 2017 by Alexis Rowell

How do you do keep the trees and plants on a permaculture farm watered given global warming? Alexis and Blanche got busy with a digger to make a rainwater storage facility and a natural swimming pool.

Published 3 October 2017 by Alexis Rowell

Can a maker live in the countryside, whith no 3D printer? Our zero waste experts, Alexis and Blanche, think so. In the Perche region, they experiment with permaculture.

Published 11 October 2021 by la rédaction

MakersXchange is conducting in-depth interviews of makers about mobility, good practices for social inclusion and skills development. Meet André Rocha from FabLab Benfica.

Published 29 May 2018 by Caroline Grellier

In Benin, the Potemat laboratory brings together participative approach, DIY and maker spirit around the project of upcycling by-products of the cotton industry.

Published 24 April 2018 by Caroline Grellier

In order to upcycle by-products of the cotton industry in Benin, our maker is visiting factories, cotton farmers, getting familiar with the machines, experimenting in the lab…

Published 6 March 2018 by Caroline Grellier

Off to Benin. Following her return to university, our maker is moving from principles to practice with a project on upcycling residues from the cotton sector.

Published 27 November 2017 by Caroline Grellier

Resuming her studies, changing her plans facing African political hazards… Our bio-sourced material agency project leader is learning to juggle.

Published 13 December 2016 by Caroline Grellier

Is this the home stretch? Termatière, the business project specialized in the low-tech conception of new bio-sourced local materials, has never been as close to becoming a reality…

Published 7 December 2015 by Caroline Grellier

Blizzard warning on the Termatière, a cooperative project for agricultural waste upcycling into 100% bio-sourced materials, with a decisively maker approach.

Published 7 September 2015 by Caroline Grellier

Our maker in bio-sourced materials has not been idle this summer. La Termatière completed its funding, launched a market study, wrote its R&D program and recruited a partner.

Published 8 June 2015 by Caroline Grellier

Peanut shells, rice bran, cow pat and homemade moulds… Our material maker continues her inspiring immersion in Togo, at the bio-sourced local material lab.

Published 3 April 2015 by Camille Bosqué

In “Saving the World”, theorist Michel Bauwens defends his optimistic vision of the P2P, on the brink of revolutionizing production and society.

Published 2 February 2015 by Caroline Grellier

The designer Caroline Grellier keeps the diary of her project of viticulture by-products upgrading. Her Cooperative is now doubly incubated by Agro Valo Méditerranée and Alter’Incub.

Published 15 June 2023 by Vivek Vilasini

For Kochi's Soil Assembly artist Vivek Vilasini looked back at his permaculture intervention in Western Ghats of Kerala (India).

Published 4 May 2023 by Tim Boykett

How the questions of soil and sail interweave in a desirable future for food transportation? Tim Boykett from Time's Up extends his presentation at The Soil Assembly in this essay (part two).