Loraine Leeson has been working with The Geezers since 2007 on the Active Energy Project. Over the summer Middlesex University were showcasing the Active Energy project as one of their best research initiatives. Now it
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Active Energy: Bringing Local Knowledge into The Public Realm
The Active Energy Project started as a SPACE commission in response to Queen Mary University research into older people’s experience failing to inform development of new technologies. In 2007 artist Loraine Leeson met The Geezers
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Active Energy Project: Olympic Park
Communities Countering Climate Change Active Energy, led by Loraine Leeson, has been collaborating with the Geezers for twelve years. On 20th Sept 2019 they celebrated the installation of the latest Active Energy project, a waterwheel
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Geezers collaborate with Bow School on Active Energy Turbines
Active Energy started twelve years ago when artist Loraine Leeson was commissioned to work with The Geezers to ask why the life experience of older people was failing to inform new developments in technology. Answering
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Active Energy Goes to Parliament
The Geezers were back on the Tamesis barge on the Thames last Tuesday for the next stage of their project to develop a low-cost, low-tech water turbine for use in tidal rivers. The turbine
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