Idea by
Matilde Boelhouwer
http://www.matildeboelhouwer.com
Call for ideas 2020
Insectology: Food for Buzz
Insectology: Food for Buzz
- New alliances
Over the last 27 years, the insect population has declined by 75. This decline is due to the use of pesticide, climate change and lack of habitat and food. Insectology: Food for Buzz focuses especially on lack of food. When you'd look at public space, we seem to have created a desert for pollinators: most greens in it are non-flowering evergreens. That was the point I decided to develop maintenance-free flowers that can be used in spaces where flowers can't grow. Together with architects and city developers, this project can be applied and so maintain existing insect populations as well as grow a stronger basis and broader biodiversity for the next populations. Besides being an actual solution to the problem of insect population decline, this project brings further awareness and knowledge on how to design future cities and it enables us to think about the biodiversity in these ever and vastly growing urban jungles.
Insectology: Food for Buzz
Insectology: Food for Buzz
- New alliances
Over the last 27 years, the insect population has declined by 75. This decline is due to the use of pesticide, climate change and lack of habitat and food. Insectology: Food for Buzz focuses especially on lack of food. When you'd look at public space, we seem to have created a desert for pollinators: most greens in it are non-flowering evergreens. That was the point I decided to develop maintenance-free flowers that can be used in spaces where flowers can't grow. Together with architects and city developers, this project can be applied and so maintain existing insect populations as well as grow a stronger basis and broader biodiversity for the next populations. Besides being an actual solution to the problem of insect population decline, this project brings further awareness and knowledge on how to design future cities and it enables us to think about the biodiversity in these ever and vastly growing urban jungles.