Moss Graffiti !?

Did you know you could make graffiti in an ecological way ? 

MOSS GRAFFITI !

A different way to do guerrilla gardening, adding nature on the walls of our cities.

Try it yourself !
This is a link to the recipe of Moss Graffiti : 

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Moss-Graffiti

Here in French:

http://blog.uknow.fr/archive/2012/02/22/le-graffiti-ecolo-moss-graffiti-mode-d-emploi.html

We will try this out ourselves and post pictures of our art pieces on this blog. 


Moss Graffiti is in most cases - like normal graffiti - not permitted in public spaces without an authorisation. We do not encourage illegal moss graffiti activities.

What is CITYGREENERS ?

Citygreeners is a transnational youth initiative between young people from France, Italy and Greece that aims to develop environmental awareness in the cities of Marseille in France, Kalamata in Greece and Anzio in Italy through "guerrilla gardening" activities.

The aim is to spread a message around us: nature has its place in urban environment and can help people to reconnect with themselves and the others. 

All 3 groups are going to realise workshops in their city where the participants will learn a lot about plants, the environment, sustainable development and gardening techniques. Moreover the idea is also to let the participants think about places in their neighbourhood that in their opinion could use a spark of green. With the creativity of the group these places will then be « filled with nature » by using guerrilla gardening techniques.

Then, in April 2014 there will be a one-week exchange phase in Marseille where the three groups will meet up and act together. Therefore the big group is going to use the gardening techniques that they learned so far with the goal to make the city of Marseille a little greener in a creative and original way.

The objective of these activities is also to get the public’s attention in order to make them think about how it is important to include the nature in a city.

Furthermore it is intended to organise of a public event and a photo exhibit at the end of the exchange in order to show the results and experiences of the project.

The project is funded by the European Union through the Youth in action programme.

This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

How to make seedbombs ?

I share with you material about seedbombing.
We have created this learning page through the EU'GO project, funded by the European Union.
Click on the link below to find information on how to make your seedbombs and to lead a seedbomb workshop.

http://www.eugolearning.org/learning/outcomes/seed-bombs

Inspiration...

Planning Citygreeners in Kalamata !

In October, the French and Italian group representatives came to Kalamata in Greece in order to plan together how to develop Citygreeners.
The meeting was the opportunity to get to know each other's reality and ideas for the project.
The Greek group introduced the project to a local school that has set up a garden and a seed exchange is planned between French and Greek pupils. 

Ideas were developed for the intercultural exchange that will take place in Marseille, France, from 7th to 13th April 2014.
The participants came back to their countries with precise ideas on how to develop actions, workshops and events at local level in order to sensitize young people to the place of nature in the city and then gather in Marseille to share and create together ! 

Guerrilla gardening is gardening on land that the gardeners do not have legal right to use, often an abandoned site or area not cared for by anyone. It encompasses a very diverse range of people and motivations, from the enthusiastic gardener who spills over their legal boundaries to the highly political gardener who seeks to provoke change through direct action.

The land that is guerrilla gardened is usually abandoned or neglected by its legal owner. That land is used by guerrilla gardeners to raise plants, frequently focusing on food crops or plants intended to beautify an area. This practice has implications for land rightsand land reform; it promotes re-consideration of land ownership in order to reclaim land from perceived neglect or misuse and assign a new purpose to it.

Some guerrilla gardeners carry out their actions at night, in relative secrecy, to sow and tend a new vegetable patch or flower gardenin an effort to make the area of use and/or more attractive. Some garden at more visible hours to be seen by their community. It has grown into a form of activism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_gardening