The Active Energy project has won the Times Higher Education award 2022 for Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year. The history of the Active Energy Project The Geezers have been involved with the Active Energy
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Active Energy is a project promoting citizen-led innovation led by artist Loraine Leeson in collaboration with The Geezers, a group of senior men in Bow East London, and engineer Toby Borland.
Active Energy project is shortlisted for THE Awards 2022
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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The Geezers featured in The Environment magazine
The November issue of The Environment magazine carries a short article and photo about how the Geezers worked with students at Bow School on a project run by Active Energy. They showed how a floating
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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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