Author Archives: Alison Kidd
Not all experiments work….
10 years ago today – experimenting with a different form of lightweight local travel. Decided, on encountering the first hill that it needed battery assist and a better weighted front wheel or it alarmingly came off the ground on any … Continue reading
Latest ‘I’ve got an Idea’ Fund Award – Pigfoot Theatre
We are delighted to announce our first award of 2022 to the Pigfoot Theatre team for their energy-harvesting dancefloor project which will convert performers’ live footsteps into electricity to power their shows’ lighting. Pigfoot Theatre is a carbon-neutral theatre company, … Continue reading
Domestic Heat Trial starts in rural Wales
In partnership with Talybont on Usk Energy, I am running a small trial here in rural Wales to explore a different way of thinking about domestic heat energy and thermal comfort. The trial switches focus from heating entire spaces to … Continue reading
Update on ‘Idea Fund’ project – Dawn Chorus
Great to hear this week from Nic & Swen that, having overcome a whole raft of technical (and other issues), they have finally got their website up and running offering us a ‘dawn chorus of the day’ recorded every single … Continue reading
Update on ‘Idea Fund’ Project : Sound Gadgets
Delighted to receive an update from ‘I’ve got an Idea Fund’ award winner Lee Holder’s ‘Sound Gadgets’ project. Lee is experimenting with a combination of 3D printing and motion, touch, light and distance sensors to prototype customised interfaces for young … Continue reading
COP-26 Art Installation – The Planet’s Case of Abuse
With my alternative Larks&Ravens hat on, I’ve been working with my 2 artist colleagues to create an installation in the old Victorian Courtroom in Brecon to trigger conversation around climate change. What would happen if the Planet brought a case … Continue reading
Sizzling & Shaking : 2 new ‘I’ve got an idea’ Fund Awards
In selecting these latest award winners from the many fascinating applications we receive, we’ve again chosen to fund ideas which are DIY based where individuals or groups are building and testing their technical ideas themselves rather than outsourcing the development … Continue reading
Enabling young people with disabilities to make their own music
On Friday, I visited Lee Holder at The Music Works charity in Gloucester. Lee won one of our ‘I’ve got an idea fund‘ awards at the end of last year. His idea is to use 3D printing and one-on-one experimentation … Continue reading
Is football sustainable well-being consumption in action?
OK, so I confess I am not particularly interested in football and I’m far more Celtic these days than English. But football (or any mass spectator sport) as a joyful, sociable, meaningful ‘consumable’ has got to make us stop and … Continue reading
The Prospectory 