Joanna Watson22 Apr 2024
We report on how grassroots participants are experimenting with AI to address local environmental challenges.
Joanna Watson08 Apr 2024
Joanna Watson and artist Adah Parris explore the role of sound art in forging a closer relationship with nature and place.
Mary Stevens25 Mar 2024
What we’ve learned over the past 5 years delivering Money Movers with Huddlecraft and why now’s the time to pause and reflect.
Joanna Watson19 Mar 2024
As the Postcode Gardener programme scales up, Ciaran Biggins and Joanna Watson share reflections as it transitions from its pilot phase.
Mary Stevens27 Nov 2023
We are looking for a freelance mentor to support our upcoming lab on AI and community action.
Mary Stevens15 Nov 2023
Join us for a 3-month practical learning journey exploring how communities can use AI to work together to address environmental challenges in their neighbourhoods.
Mary Stevens26 Aug 2023
Mary Stevens explains why it's not too late to change the future direction of AI by harnessing the power of the stories we tell ourselves.
Mary Stevens23 Aug 2023
Mary Stevens ponders on where the power lies to influence the future direction of AI for the good of planet and people.
Mary Stevens23 Aug 2023
AI tools present lots of risks to democracy but could they enhance participation, build consensus on difficult issues and capacity for collaboration?
Mary Stevens23 Aug 2023
In this first blog post from a series of four, Mary Stevens explores the outputs from our recent design lab on generative AI. If you are interested in collaborating on any of these ideas please get in touch.
Joanna Watson14 Aug 2023
As we partner with The Co-operative Bank to scale up the postcode gardener programme, we reflect on some of the lessons learned from the pilot phase.
Mary Stevens12 Jun 2023
Mary Stevens explains why it is important for Friends of the Earth to engage with AI and the urgency of developing meaningful checks on the direction of travel as this technology grows exponentially.
17 May 20231.25 MB PDF file
Read this summary of community-friendly mapping tools to help speed up and demystify the process of accessing land for growing food.
Mary Stevens15 May 2023
Mary Stevens discusses the difficulties of identifying land available for community growing and what tools could help.
Mandy Holden29 Mar 2023
Mandy Holden reflects on how we might bring more creativity and joy into our working practice.