JÆREN AGRICULTURE OVERBOARD

OIL IS THE MONEY MAKER IN NORWAY. EXPORTING FARMED FISH IS A GOOD NUMBER TWO. JÆREN WORK AS A GOLDEN GATE TO THE BLACK GOLD. THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO BENEFIT FROM THE NATURAL RESOURCES IN BOTH OIL AND AGRICULTURE AND HAVE DONE SO AS LONG AS WE KNOW. BUT NOW WE FACE THE END OF THE OIL ADVENTURE. IT MEANS THAT NORWAY NEED TO FIND A NEW INDUSTRY TO LIVE FROM, OR TO DEVELOP THE SECOND BIGGEST INDUSTRY, FISH FARMING. MONOCULTURE HAS BECOME A PROBLEM IN NORWAY'S SECOND BIGGEST INDUSTRY. THE NATURAL ECOSYSTEM IS OUT OF BALANCE, THIS GIVES DISEASES AND PEST OUTBREAKS.

EXTINCTION OF BIOTOPES IS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGES DUE TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR. SEA TEMPRATURES IS RISING AND THE CO₂ EMMISION THREATENS BOTH OYSTER AND KELP. 40% OF THE SUGAR KELP AT THE NORWEGIAN WEST COAST IS EXTINCT. AGRICULTURUAL WASTE RUNS OFF FROM THE FIELDS AND IN THE RIVERS, THIS IS LEFT OVER NUTRIENT KILLS BIOTOPES AND SHOULD BE REVERSED TO A POSITIVE RESOURCE.

CULTIVATION OF KELP CAN BE THE ANSWER TO MANY OF JÆRENS CHALLENGES. 70 000 HA CAN MANAGAE NORWAYS 5% BIOFUEL GOAL THAT THE GOVERMENT PUT UP FOR 2010. 60 OOO HA OF OFFSHORE CULTIVATION ONLY FOR BIOFUEL PURPOSE AND CO₂ CAPTURE. AND 10 000 HA CULTIVATION AT THE COAST FOR INTEGRATED AQUACULTURE. THIS AREAS IS ALSO FOR BIOFUEL PRODUTION, BUT MOSTLY FOR TAKING CARE OF NATURE BIOTOPES AND BETTER THE QUALITY ON THE EXISTING FISH FARMING INDUSTRY.

THIS IS THE REALISTIC BALANCE BETWEEN ECONOMY AND NATURE. THIS BALANCE IS A IMPORTANT SYNERGY BETWEEN THE ELEMENS IN THE NATURE THAT WE WANT TO EXPLOIT.

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AGRICULTURE OVER BOARD

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Agriculture over board!

There are many benefits from kelp cultivation, but it is generally known that monocultures also bring consequences in time, for example lice in fish farming. Therefore I will in this project create an incorporated system of kelp cultivation in small scale, consisting of integrated farming which combines fish farming, mussels and other important contributors in the ocean life cycle. A big scale production off shore, maybe in connection with the soon leftover oil platforms, is also an interesting part of the system.

Kelp as CO2 collector, biofuel material, biotope savers, fertilizer, animal feed and research material, would be an industry that will improve agricultural Jæren in peak oil times to come.

My challenge is to look at the complete system and the consequences it will have on the future Jæren, and how to advance in each part of the system. Distribution, life cycles and suitable locations is first to come...

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kelp as main actor in a greener jæren

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GIS | seascape

finally I found some GIS material for the seascape as well! I put it on stud.felles, in the folder appearing disappearing, called felleskart_jaeren_sea. or you can get it from me, have fun - go mad!



-emilie

landart | jim denevan

thougth of jærens long sand coast and henry p's idea of a beach workshop when I saw this art from jim denevan.
check out his webpage!

http://www.jimdenevan.com/

-emilie

Kelp trawling continues...

i'm just uploading tree slides and a map that tells about the systems of the kelp (witch is more complex than at first thought), and a bit about why and what I will continue with on the big kelp challenge!

-emilie

Workshop | Kelp trawling

Map of commercial kelp trawling today.

Two circles:

1 Todays cycle

2 Our tomorrows vision

Our idea for the workshop is to exploit kelp that is a huge resource that grows on solid rock and stones in the seabed. We are A) facing climate changes and B) there is a facts that the land of Jæren is rising and farmers are struggling with rocks that pops up on the arable land. And C) the sea urchin is threatening the kelp by eating 40% of it.

We will kelp trawl the seabed, that already is a part of the industry at Jæren today. The problem is that nature is not protected or safeguarded during commercial trawling today. Fish, birds, lobsters etc. suffers in a poor environment because the seaweed, that they live in and from, is harvested. This also makes the sea unstabile and the waves become bigger in the coastal Jæren.

We will use the rocks that pops up on the farmers fields to create artificial environment to cultivate seaweed. Now we will be able to exploit kelp commercially and still take care of the biotopes in the sea which currently suffers.

Next step is to find locations of these artificial kelp basins, if this can be done at all…?
Yu - Snædis - Emilie

BSc project | Improving NYC bike lanes

I wrote my BSc project in New York in collaboration with an internship in New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Improving NYC bike lanes
We arrived New York City from the bike city Copenhagen as experienced bikers with knowledge and certain approach to the topic about cycling, which for many New Yorkers is quite unfamiliar. We identified the main difficulties in the existing bike lane network in Manhattan, and found ways to improve the situation for the bikers.

It was incredibly interesting to see that a simple thing as improving bike lanes can impact many factors in society; by increasing cycling the overloaded traffic is spread throughout a wider transportation capacity and the city becomes more accessible. Biking compared to other means of transportation makes the city environmental friendly and the health advantages of biking, as an important step into solving weight problem in the U.S. By improving the little things in the discipline of landscape architecture we can make a huge impact in other fields of the society as well. I'm very interested in the way we move and transport our self through cities and 'fragmentet urban landscapes'. The route we choose is the way we experience the landscape. Who is creating the route? The architects or the landscape?

-Emilie

Jaeren survey

On November 11th-12th we have been in Jaeren for a preliminary survey of the region. We have been following an unreliable italian GPS and this beautiful map. The result: many impressions, and a slide show, that we invite you to see, here.

Jaeren slide show from ALICE LABADINI on Vimeo.