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NPFlint consultancy

I have restructured and started NPFlint Consultancy which is now open for business and creative gigs. The company is an entirely webbased networking consultancy with expertise in Radical Sustainable Innovation, Design and “lifestyle” issues -  or what I call “Rethinking Modern Life”. Its a “new” approach since I am focusing on doing more “hands-on” creative gigs which I call DESIGNSTALLATIONS - a way of visualizing the issues I have worked with the past 25 years. Ill be doing various DESIGNSTALLATIONS  or maybe you want to call it exhibitions or performance art or art installations the coming year. The first this year happened at the 2009 BURNING MAN in Nevada, USA in September. The next will be in Le Mans, France opening October 3rd. The other dimension of me or of NPFlint Consultancy will be doing regular advice and as something entirely new - SUSTAINABILITY COACHING. You will be able to read more about the new company and the activities at the new website www.npflint.com.

I will still be teaching and doing workshops and lectures - anywhere on the planet (most recent France, India, Mexico, Denmark). Please contact me through www.npflint.com reg. lectures and workshops.

Niels Peter Flint on REBOOT -

NPF is on REBOOT and you can see the lecture + all the other talk on the REBOOT site.

THE RADICAL SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION ALLIANCE

- opening event June 19th Copenhagen

The Micro Macro Monde b-logs

Welcome to The Micro Macro Monde (MMM) B-logs hosted by Experience Design Lab (EXDL).

EXDL was established by me Niels Peter Flint and its still the platform from where the MMM is operating. On this page as well as on the B-logs linked from here you will find materials developed by EXDL, myself as well as people related to MMM.

You will find out more about EXDL by clicking here and MMM by clicking here - otherwise please go ahead and cruise around in a world dedicated to RADICAL SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION.

Activities at Micro Macro Monde

– summer 2009

MMM “retreating & workshopping” for the establishment of micro living concepts & the development and design of Micro Macro Macro products concepts and communities

IF YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE MICRO MACRO MONDE Camps & Courses site where you can download the MMM Camps & Courses 2009 program you can do so by clicking here:

IF YOU HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO HERE TO SEE “WHO IS WHO” - PLEASE GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL COURSE DESCRIPTIONS WHERE YOU WILL FIND LINKS TO THE VARIOUS PERSONS INVOLVED. PLEASE CLICK HERE.

The MMM & EXDL blogs on RADICAL SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION topics

Mr. Andersen inspecting the new experiment in compost toiletting at MMM

If you want to know more about whats going on Micro Macro Monde in France then please go to the various links here and explore more. You will the coming months see a number of new topics popping up here. So are you interested in RADICAL SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION  & DESIGN then bookmark this page and come back regularly.  In the near future there will be a newsletter function as well.

MMM “daring gardening & farming”

-here you will find material and videos about how the gardens and the micro farming is developed at MMM.

Click here to get to this part of the MMM Blog

MMM “divine eating”

-this is the MMM “NON-cooking-book” blog - a place where you will find inspiration but NO recipes - use your imagination and a bit of common sense and you will be able to create new stunning experiences every day.

Click here to get to this part of the MMM Blog

MMM “flush & remember”

-we live in a “Flush and Forget Culture” - everything on the planet or the world as well as probably everything in the solar system as well as in the universe is a resource - waste does not exist.

Follow here the experiments which are on the way on MMM - primitive and simple and MICRO, but maybe one day with a MACRO impact…we can only hope.

Click here to get to this part of the MMM Blog

MMM “renovation durable”

-this part of the blog is about the renovations that are happening at MMM - the stories about why what is done the way its done.

Click here to get to this part of the MMM Blog

The MMM “retreating, workshopping, camps & symposiums” Vision:

The main purpose of establishing Micro Macro Monde is to give especially creative professionals and students of really any kind of dicipline a “free thinking forum or platform” where anything is possible.

At Micro Macro Monde we develop and run courses, workshops, events etc. about topics that “bothers” and makes sense to work with, that are fun and fantastic – mindful and meditative – creative and cool and obviously intelligent and inspirering – and all made in such ways that there are “red-threads” everywhere – like puzzles in life and maybe after life (who knows) – a possibility of over the long run to make a kind of program that you can follow for days, weeks, months, years or your entire life if you want. You can in other words come and live, work and help make a difference not only by doing what you like, but also by being part of building a kind of new (nomad) community where learning by doing is one of the real important aspects.

Courses, workshopshopping, retreating, events, working exhibitions etc. that all helps you to get everything put into the BIGGER perspective…new ways of building maybe what could be called eco village communities where you are not stuck forever and where new appropriate technology is integrated parts of life – live in micro houses however with comfort you have hardly experienced before and yet are these houses and buildings totally self sustaining. Micro Macro Monde is about redefining what modern life is – in all ways.

- the lake is small and cold....

Practically
Some courses might run at the same time – and some of the dates we are still not sure about, so please come back asap to this site to check when the various activities will happen.

-the number of participants will vary but in order to run a workshop / course there needs to be a minimum of 12 participants – in case there are less participants the course will either be cancelled or the fee for the course will be raised (of course you as a participant will be informed if this happens).

MMM Camp-Living in organic cotton canvas tents from India

Living at MMM

-is an experience in itself and not as you see it anywhere else – be ready for a bit of an “lifestyle extraordinary extravaganza” where you theoretically are allowed to do anything (as long as good old Mother Earth tolerates it) even building your own shack, house or temporary cardboard or textile or whatever structure or something totally different if that’s what you want to do while living on Micro Macro Monde. Otherwise there will be fantastic tents which you can live in and there will be some rooms in the buildings, but all very basic – don’t expect big luxury, but something very different and fun.
See more about accommodation by clicking here.

Rocky Heron is an experienced american yoga teacher

Micro Macro Move
As part of living on Micro Macro Monde you will be introduced to the possibility of having phenomenal massages, doing invigorating and mindful yoga classes with Rocky and other fantastic beings who will be at MMM to make your stay and development as inspirering and insightful as possible.

Micro Macro Eatery

Micro Macro Food
MMM is also about incredible amazing food and drinks & cocktails and a lot of other hedonistic delights that will make you want to come back again and again – forever and ever to the eternal mindful loving-fields of Micro Macro Monde….
You will as part of your stay be asked to be part of preparing food – as a design experience. Food will be organic, very basic, a lot of green and rawfood but not totally vegetarian.

Who will take care of the practicalities:

There is noone to clean, and wash your laundry nor cooking as such - MMM is a place where everyone contributes in various ways with what you like and what you are good in. Please see more about the practicalities of MMM by clicking here.

Click on the image to see a map on how to get to Micro Macro Monde France

Other possibilities

Everything offered at MMM are mixtures of regular courses, workshops, events, working exhibitions etc. but if you want to come for longer periods or even want to do a kind of retreat (still being part of is happening) you are welcome to contact us. Individual stays will always be spiced with a bit of work in the gardens, doing divine cooking or doing something else that makes sense to yourself as well as to the place, to the nature, the animals, the plants, your fellow beings – and the world in general.

For all other practicalities such as prices, timings, course descriptions please click here (will be up latest Friday March 27th 2009) The program is just slightly delayed - we have some web-technical problems to get solved. If you need information right now please contact me at npflint@exdl.com.

-welcome to a lot of exiting hard fun...

Kind regards

Niels Peter Flint

…and if you want to know what other students thinks about being part of an NPF or Micro Macro Monde Workshop please have a look here where Salvador Pulido and Shelly Rubinstein from Mexico comments a workshop made in Mexico in February 2009.

…and here is again the link to our mainsite for Micro Macro Monde Camps & Courses.

IF YOU WANT THE MICRO MACRO MONDE COURSE & CAMPS PROGRAM FOR DOWNLOAD PLEASE CLICK HERE.

SPIN CITY - worlds keeps turning….

Spin City, a city where the houses rotate so you can enjoy the view you want, while using the resources of the nature.
The windows have built in solar panel, which produces all the power you need for your daily usage, such as heat and electricity. For example the elevator is using this power to go up and down between the floors.
When raining, the water is absorbed in the rooftop grass and filtered in a life straw centered in the elevator. When the elevator is going down through the house it is making the vacuum effect that pushes the water though the filters, before ending up in an underground tank. The water is now clean and ready to be used around the house for things such as showering, doing laundry and to flush the toilet.
Geographically, Spin City, is placed in a green area near the sea. The flowers and trees grow wildly, and the animals go freely around among the houses. The houses also come in different sizes and locations, to fit your needs as good as possible.
So take a look into the Spin City universe and be brought to the future!

- in 2033

We have a vision about a better world where there is no pollution; people are healthy and live longer.
We want to remove all power stations and create a green world where people can live a life with more space and beautiful surroundings.
We believe in recycling energy and utilizing the forces of nature.
This is possible thanks to the micro technology combined with the RFID technology.
These new technologies creates a possibility of absorbing and distributing energy sources through a beautiful sculpture.
Theese sculptures are to be placed in the centers of Worldbys to be available for everybody.
The sculptures also have a cultural aspect as they are very artistically designed and furthermore has a certain value to the population.
We call this new revolutionary invention “Micro Environment Design” MED
The sculpture is invented to absorb every energy output created from movement, sunrays, wind etc. This energy is then sent out into the city for the chips on the transportations, the buildings and other things to capture and consume.

How can we create a new way of inhabiting the Earth?

Imagine that people in the future are living in hovering cocoons above the surface of the Earth. Simple living is the keyword and everything unnecessary is stripped from the private sphere. In the cocoon you sleep, eat and do the most basic things. Each cocoon has a standard interior and is very minimalistic. Unlike today things like art, recreational and green areas are a part of public life.

The molecular structure of the cocoon makes it possible to both hover and stay on the ground. The cocoon is able to move around by means of an advanced GPTS technology (Global Positioning Transportation System) and you just anchor when you reach your destination.

All activities such as school, job, leisure activities, cinemas and museums etc. are gathered in public buildings called Centerpoints.

Welcome to Cocoon World!

The coming pages are related to a WORLDBY workshop conducted by Niels Peter Flint and held at TEKO http://www.teko.dk/ Scandinavia’s largest design and business academy within the fashion and lifestyle industry.

The TEKO WORLDBY workshop were held January 21st and 22nd 2009 in Herning, Denmark – and the following videoes are developed during this 24 hour workshop.

To see the the projects developed during this workshop please go to the the TEKO-WORLDBY link.