CRISPR agriculture will not be regulated in the US
The US has decided: there will be no regulation on agricultural products from genome editing techniques. Thus making way for all kinds of genetic manipulations.
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Published 3 April 2018
The US has decided: there will be no regulation on agricultural products from genome editing techniques. Thus making way for all kinds of genetic manipulations.
Published 3 April 2018 by Carine Claude
Navi Radjou, co-author of the best-seller “Jugaad innovation”, returns to the roots of frugal ingenuity. Or how makerspaces in India will “activate the chakras” of future entrepreneurs.
Published 6 March 2018 by Rob La Frenais
In anticipation of “Trans//Border”, a tribute to the activist and navigator Nathalie Magnan in Marseille, Rob La Frenais takes us on a guided tour of aquatic projects by makers, artists and activists.
Published 5 December 2017 by Elsa Ferreira
In London, the Green Lab has been exploring agritech and urban agriculture for six months. We took part in an aquaponics workshop to meet them.
Published 1 August 2017 by Cherise Fong
From surplus supermarkets to public refrigerators to food-tech, initiatives are proliferating in the fight against food waste. A worldwide round-up.
Published 6 July 2017 by Ewen Chardronnet
The second edition of Border Sessions, the festival at the frontiers of technology, was held in The Hague on June 28-30. In its own friendly way, it pushes us to think “out of the box”.
Published 6 June 2017 by la rédaction
This spring, the Futurefarmers collective sailed from Belgium to Spain. Reflections on part two of their tour of Europe in pursuit of the forgotten origins of our wheat grain.
Published 28 April 2017 by Cherise Fong
Conceived with Japanese farmers in mind, UECS-Pi is a functional prototype of an autonomous greenhouse that runs on a Raspberry Pi connected to an Arduino.
Published 21 March 2017 by Annick Rivoire
Somewhere between robotization, uberization and co-design, the 10th Saint-Etienne Design Biennale, France, presents a panorama of “shifting work paradigms”. Fablabs have a place of honor.
Published 21 February 2017
Space10, supported by Ikea, released files under an open licence of the Growroom, a DIY urban garden kit. A new strategy for the Swedish company?
Published 20 December 2016 by Ewen Chardronnet
Part 2 of our interview with the Time’s Up collective from Linz on their floating investigation of fair trade sail cargo practices.
Published 29 November 2016
Agricool recycles containers into organic strawberry tanks in town. And it works: the start-up has just raised €4 million.
Published 1 November 2016 by Cherise Fong
Every year in Cambodia, the Mekong River floods hundreds of hectares around Lake Tonlé Sap. A project by architect Jonathan Chhen allies ecotourism, ecodesign and social good.
Published 10 October 2016 by Caroline Grellier
What are the recipes that make fablabs a success? Born in 2011, the Ouagalab is the oldest makerspace in West Africa. Report.
Published 8 September 2016 by Olivier Blondeau
Once we know what the commons can be, how it can be governed and by whom, the question is: What does the commons stand for? That is, what social project does it carry?
Published 26 November 2015 by Elsa Ferreira
The Bourdaisière micro-farm can be found behind a majestic castle, Loire valley oblige. A paradox for this “farm of the future” where simplicity prevails.
Published 16 November 2015 by Cherise Fong
In Japan, where traditional agricultural practices are aging fast, research looks toward connected solutions. Sensprout and Techrice are two rising projects using environmental sensors.
Published 11 August 2015 by Cherise Fong
Amidst the rice paddies of Chiba in Japan, three co-founders of Tokyo HackerSpace created Hacker Farm, a rural hackerspace to build stuff and live green.
Published 4 August 2015 by Isabelle Carlier
Isabelle Carlier from the organization Bandits-Mages in Bourges, France, spent a month in Santa Cruz and San Francisco with Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens for the creation of E.A.R.T.H. Lab.
Published 24 June 2014 by Carine Claude
What does a hack festival look like? Mid June, Loop organised its Vent en Poop in Paris at an official squat.