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Free Radicals | Mapping plant knowledge in European arts and culture sector

How do you engage with plants?

Free Radicals is a two-year research project exploring the intersections between plant biodiversity and artistic practice, co-funded by Creative Europe. Through a series of artist residencies, living labs, online lectures and other formats, we are developing a toolkit for individuals and institutions within the European creative and cultural sectors, designed to help shape practices that support plant biodiversity.

By shifting attention from plants as passive objects toward plants as participants in shared ecological worlds, we seek to cultivate more attentive cultural practices, and in doing so contribute to futures that support planetary health and the flourishing of the many forms of life that inhabit it.

With this in mind, we are tracing how artists, designers, curators, and institutions engage with plant knowledge.

By filling out this survey, you help us develop effective tools and resources. It takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. All respondents will be notified about the publication of the resulting toolkit.

If writing isn't your cup of tea but you'd still like to contribute, we are also offering an online session where we can go over these questions together. The session will take place on 16th April between 5-6.30pm CET. You can register here.

If you think other practitioners would have useful ideas for these topics, please let us know or share the survey with them.

For general enquiries and project-related communication, please email us at: thisis@freeradicals.space.

Thank you for contributing to this collective effort! 🌱

What is your e-mail address

Tell us your name and affiliation.

How much do you think you and your institution/workplace is currently doing to align its operations with ecological care for the planet? (1- no sustainability agenda, 10- going above and beyond)

How open do you think you and your institution/workplace is to adopting practices inspired by more-than-human ecosystems and plant life? (1- no interest at all, 10- extremely excited for this topic)

Please mark the concepts you are familiar with and/or would be interested in:

	My workplace is familiar with this concept.	Somewhat familiar, but more reflection is needed.	Could benefit from a toolkit that introduces this concept.	Not interested.
Plant biodiversity
Plant intelligence
Plant communication
Mycorrhizal networks
Wood wide web
Ruderality / ruderal plants
"Invasive" species
Urban ecologies
Bioregionalism
Nature-based solutions
Ethnobotany
Traditional ecological knowledge
Herbal medicine / Pharmacopoeia
Seed sovereignty
Foraging practices
More-than-human relations
Multispecies thinking
Companion species
Naturecultures
Entanglement
Plant agency
Kinships
Ways of knowing
Biodesign
Biomaterials

In your opinion, what are the main obstacles for institutions in engaging with these concepts?

Mark the themes based on whether your institution/workplace has relevant practices, policies, and procedures in use. Mark in the comments any relevant details or other practices or policies in use.

	In use.	Not in use, but would be interested in developing/applying it.	Not used and not relevant.
Energy efficiency & emissions
Waste management
Sourcing ethical and environmentally friendly materials
Water management
Sustainable travel and transport guidelines
Adhering to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Urban planting / biodiversity garden
Seed library
Composting initiatives
Community garden
Food forest
Foraging or plant education programmes

Order these methods reflecting how you and your institution/workplace prefer to engage with new themes, practices, and guidelines. (1- most preferred)

	1	2	3	4	5
Reading on the topic eg. in an expert publication, on a website
Taking part in online seminars with invited experts
In-person training: practical exercises with invited experts
In-person training: workshop following a toolkit or method, but led by co-workers or management
Inviting experts for a lecture or organising a specific conference

Comments:

Can you think of an example of a format or method that worked especially well to introduce a new theme, practice or guideline? You may mention a few

Select the methods that have the potential to make a lasting impact in your institution/workplace:

In your opinion, which specific concepts and/or methods would be the most beneficial to your institution/work environment’s attunement to its ecosystem? What do you think is missing for a perspective change?