[Adoptacomposter] meeting

Sun Sep 23 10:55:46 CEST 2012

Dear all,

I think I can manage to join the meeting next sunday at 12. See you there!

Kind regards
Desiree

2012/9/23 valentina karga <valkarga at gmail.com>

> Hi all,
>
> I went today a bit late, I guess around 13.00. Sorry,my meeting lasted too
> long.
> Unfortunately I think almost all my worms were dead:( ! Only a couple were
> still half alive.
> how are yours doing? everybody's still alive and active?
> I think its too cold for this small compost heaps and that we should move
> it indoors in Bethanien.
>
> I added shredded newspaper (a bit wet) and food, hopping to help them last
> moment but i don't think they ll make it.
> next weeks I am traveling and then I have a performance and a workshop end
> of October so I don;t think i can make it for the excursion even though
> sounds good idea.
>
> best,
> Valentina
>
>
> valentina karga
> www.valentinakarga.com
> www.berlinfarmlab.tumblr.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 22, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Alexandra R. Toland wrote:
>
>  Hi there,
>
> sorry I was a little late today and didn't meet anyone.
> no flies, wasps, or other critters around the worm village today-
> probably because of the cooler weather.
> since the doodle didn't help much - how about meeting next Sunday @ 12?
> maybe it would help motivate us more if we made some fun action out of the
> meeting –
> like a worm flash mob... we could take the worms on an excursion to kotti
> to scavenge for food and bedding...
> or maybe just take the boxes out on the Bethanien lawns to dress the boxes
> for winter and do a photo shooting.
> what do you all think?
>
> best Alex
>
> On 9/22/12 3:12 PM, andrea schneemeier wrote:
>
>   hi all,
>  I went there today, met Tim but no one else was there. we left around
> 12.25.
> hope we could organize a proper meeting some time soon, to see what the
> best way could be with the experiment - as I said, am completely new to
> komposting and worry about my worms. i really don't want them die because
> of my inexperience...
> have a nice weekend and hopefully see you all soon - any idea how could
> organize a meeting more effectively?
>
>  Andrea
>
> --- On *Sat, 9/22/12, shu lea cheang <shulea at earthlink.net><shulea at earthlink.net>
> * wrote:
>
>
> From: shu lea cheang <shulea at earthlink.net> <shulea at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Adoptacomposter] meeting
> To: "adopt-a-composter" <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi><adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
> Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 2:13 PM
>
>  hi, this is fine. i think you all should STIR, tumble, mix your
> compost...
> everytime you put veggie in, stir them with earth/worms and see around the
> ground
> and pick some brown stuff (fallen leaves, wood chips) to cover it.
> everytime with a layer of such brown stuff is necessary
>
>  have good meeting
> sl
>
>
>
>
>
>  Good morning*
>
> Ill try to be there too...By the way I was there yesterday and noticed
> that my compost is covered by mushroom (or mold
> -mould-mildew...?...schimmel)...I dont know if thats part of the normal
> process but before it affects yr work too I thought I should tell you
> because it could spread very fast...
>
> If anyone knows or has suggestions how to proceed please letme
> know...Maybe its a sign of failure and I should remove my compost...
>
>
>  thank you
>
>
>  g
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *Da:* andrea schneemeier <kleinepanik at yahoo.com> <kleinepanik at yahoo.com>
> *A:* adopt-a-composter <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi><adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
> *Inviato:* Sabato 22 Settembre 2012 10:50
> *Oggetto:* Re: [Adoptacomposter] meeting
>
>
>  Hi all,
>
> I try to come as well - I am new to the whole thing of composting (except
> helping sometimes at my mother's garden), and happy to learn all secrets
> and tricks about it!
>
> see you soon,
>
> Andrea
>
> --- On* Sat, 9/22/12, Alexandra R. Toland
> <a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de> <a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de>*wrote:
>
>
> From: Alexandra R. Toland <a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de><a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de>
> Subject: Re: [Adoptacomposter] meeting
> To: "adopt-a-composter" <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi><adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
> Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 9:32 AM
>
> Hi all,
> I haven't been @ the worm villas in a while, so I'll try to come around 12
> to add some more bedding and check on ecosystem-health indicators (mites,
> flies, worm cocoons...)
> hope to see some of you!
> Alex
>
> On 9/22/12 8:05 AM, valentina karga wrote:
>
> Dear everyone,
>
>
>  I am sorry I didn't speak all this time. I am very busy this period. I
> am going today to take my worms out of the bag and add bedding.
>
> If anyone was planning to come by, hopefully we will meet.
>
> Around 12.00..
>
>
>  Greetings,
>
> Valentina
>
>
>
>  valentina karga
>
> www.valentinakarga.com
>
> www.berlinfarmlab.tumblr.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:09 PM, shu lea cheang wrote:
>
>
> dear all
>
>
>  yes, good to see some discussion going and the concerns about the
> condition.
>
> Very true, to set this composter as 'public art' , we are taking the risk
> of being vandalized.
>
> i am happy to see the process of self-organization going. i rather not to
> impose any
>
> administration assistance at this moment and see how the 12 adoptors (as a
> social
>
> connectors) can resolve this issues collectively.
>
>
>  yes, please update on the website blog.., this eventually shoud be
> presented at transmediale2013..
>
> so the most public record of 'Composting food,thoughts,emotions and
> related mutations including environmental accidents."
>
> http://www.compostingthecity.mobi/index.php?mod=bview
>
> (please let me know you have trouble updating it, i am seeing some
> intersting posts)
>
>
>  Gaia, your credits have been updated.
>
> sorry i am in transit in the United States,,, just got to new york city
>
>
>  very soon
>
> sl
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hallo alle!
>
>    Sorry I kept myself in a non-interacting way because I was travelling
> but followed the conversations.
>
> Im on my way to the compost castle and what I did before I left was
> building a carton box placing a t-shirt on the bottom filled with
>
> the composting matters -- I left the box half open at the top and sort of
> half covered it with the almost empty bag of the soil we all got.
>
> Im now going to check what happened.
>
> About keeping updated the page on the site well...I could only place an
> Avatar but no pictures and no text..Still fighting to understand how.
>
>
> What I mostly love is to see how passionate the discussion is and I
> personally see it totally organic to the process of our composting
> journey...Composting food,thoughts,emotions and related mutations including
> environmental accidents.
>
> Our daily feeding and related thoughts, misunderstandings (including
> tongue-like mistakes) but also achievements almost remind me of the myth of
> Babilonia (a dream and a nightmare at the same time).
>
>
>  I guess this reflections are exactely what I should post on the web
> site...But while fighting to make it happen Ill just communicate directely
> to you dears companions.
>
> P.S
> I dont know who is updating the website relating to the credits page where
> our names as adoptors are displayed (
> http://www.compostingthecity.mobi/berlin/html/credits.html)...I wrote to Shu
> Lea Cheang <http://www.mauvaiscontact.info/> to ask to link my name to my
> projectspace but I see nothing changed.
> So...If any of you is doing that please link my name to www.liebig12.wordpress.com
> (it is actually my artist studio that works as a projectspace too and if
> by the way anyone as ideas or projects to present please visit me or write
> me!***it is in FrankfurterTor***and open to host almost any idea).
>
> I wish u a beautiful day.
>
> g
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *Da:* Alexandra R. Toland <a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de>
> *A:* adopt-a-composter <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
> *Inviato:* Mercoledì 19 Settembre 2012 13:03
> *Oggetto:* [Adoptacomposter] meeting
>
>
>  Hello all,
>
> just looked at the doodle and realized that most people could meet on
> Tuesday (yesterday). Did that happen?
> I was sick yesterday, unfortunately, and am still recovering. It would be
> great if someone else took the lead on our plans to meet.
>
> Also, Gaby informed me yesterday that the worm house and area around it is
> pretty trashed - litter everywhere, smell of urine, and flies and wasps
> swarming around the bins.
> This is the reality of Kreuzberg - if there is little activity and "social
> control" around a project, it literally gets "composted" by the
> circumstances of the city.
>
> I realize we're all super busy people, most of us with very little
> experience vermicomposting, but for this project to survive, I do think
> that a regular meeting (say once a month?) or at the very least one initial
> meeting where everyone (including more silent members and rudi, the worming
> expert) get together and exchange practicle knowledge about care & feeding,
> bedding insulation, and eventually design.
>
> suggestions much appreciated!
>
> best, Alex
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