RSS

robertogreco + agriculture   81

Porter and Mykleby: A Grand Strategy for the Nation on Vimeo
"Naval Captain Porter and Col. Mykleby of the Marines, military strategists working at the highest level of government, present highlights from their paper, “A National Strategic Narrative.” Their ideas—less military force, more social capital and more sustainable practices in energy and agriculture—have caused a recent stir in policy communities."

[See also: http://poptech.org/popcasts/a_grand_strategy_for_the_nation ]
grassroots  complexity  agriculture  military  socialcapital  nationalstrategicnarrative  policy  energy  us  government  systemsthinking  markmykleby  wayneporter  poptech  sustainability  via:steelemaley 
february 2012 by robertogreco
Heart of Darkness: A Mild Polemic, by Jon Kolko - Core77
Really too much to quote from this Jon Kolko piece, but here's the conclusion:

"We were broadly untrained in making sense of things, in creating an understanding of how systems work, and we ignored consequences that were diffused, but present. We critiqued the aesthetic of our designs but did not dare to judge our subject matter and content, as we had no spirituality of technology upon which to compare. And so our "progress" has been, as Steve Baty describes, "cold, relentless, asocial, and unapologetic." We are now, collectively, wiser, and in that regard, perhaps the glory day of design—as an integrated discipline of humanizing technology—is finally upon us."
jonkolko  design  humanitariandesign  education  scale  capitalism  systems  systemsthinking  lcproject  depth  unschooling  deschooling  meaning  purpose  technology  progress  massivechange  2011  demise  us  sensemaking  humanity  humanism  dennislittky  emilypilloton  projecth  bertiecounty  kenrobinson  cv  designeducation  agriculture  society  corporatism  growth  audiencesofone  complexity  slow  middleages  scalability  from delicious
november 2011 by robertogreco
Anthropocene: Age of Man - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine
"It’s a new name for a new geologic epoch—one defined by our own massive impact on the planet. That mark will endure in the geologic record long after our cities have crumbled."
anthropocene  humans  sustainability  earth  environment  agriculture  anthropology  geology  2011  from delicious
october 2011 by robertogreco
Making Cutting-Edge Animation On A DIY Homestead : NPR
"It's pretty common these days for young people to live with their parents after college, but few have managed to transform their old homestead quit like filmmaker Isaiah Saxon has.<br />
<br />
With the help of filmmaking buddies Sean Hellfritsch and Daren Rabinovitch, Saxon has transformed 10 hilly acres surrounding his mother's house in Aptos, Calif. into Trout Gulch, a kind of rural hacker space where they build their own houses, grow organic vegetables, milk goats and produce state-of-the-art digital animation.<br />
<br />
Saxon explains how his group of 21st-century pioneers takes a do-it-yourself approach to just about everything."
sustainability  film  diy  green  california  troutgulch  homesteading  2011  animation  meaning  well-being  design  glvo  architecture  agriculture  farming  gardening  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
"Hunter-gatherers practiced the most successful and longest-lasting life style in human history. In contrast, we're still struggling with the mess into which agriculture has tumbled us, and it's unclear whether we can solve it. Suppose that an archaeologist who had visited from outer space were trying to explain human history to his fellow spacelings. He might illustrate the results of his digs by a 24-hour clock on which one hour represents 100,000 years of real past time. If the history of the human race began at midnight, then we would now be almost at the end of our first day. We lived as hunter-gatherers for nearly the whole of that day, from midnight through dawn, noon, and sunset. Finally, at 11:54 p. m. we adopted agriculture. As our second midnight approaches, will the plight of famine-stricken peasants gradually spread to engulf us all? Or will we somehow achieve those seductive blessings that we imagine behind agriculture's glittering facade, and that have so far eluded us?"
jareddiamond  classideas  civilization  humanrace  humans  sustainability  agriculture  culture  history  science  economics  hunter-gatherer  collapse  via:preoccupations  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
Gaia University
"Gaia University is a unique un-institution for higher learning. We offer access to accredited degrees and diplomas arising from your work in personal and planetary transformation. Through action learning you pursue a pathway of your own design - in the location of your choice - while supported by a global network of skilled advisors and mentors. Come join our vibrant international community and learn and unlearn with us through an integral blend of residential intensives, online exchange, digital documentation and hands-on project work."
sustainability  permaculture  education  activism  agriculture  unschooling  deschooling  gaiauniversity  via:steelemaley  the2837university  agitpropproject  lcproject  highered  highereducation  learning  mexico  chile  porland  oregon  international  puertorico  tennessee  germany  austria  california  from delicious
february 2011 by robertogreco
GVCS in 2 Minutes - openecology.org on Vimeo
"The GVCS is applicable anywhere soil, sunshine, and water are found, which is just about everywhere. Unfortunately, we cannot do this alone—nor would we want to. It will take global knowledge and cooperation. We challenge you to join us at Open Ecology! openecology.org "
gvcs  development  agriculture  machines  openecology  from delicious
january 2011 by robertogreco
Wendell Berry - The Mad Farmer Liberation Front [via: http://lukescommonplacebook.tumblr.com/post/782251236/a-text-playlist ]
"Love the quick profit, the annual raise,<br />
vacation with pay. Want more<br />
of everything ready-made. Be afraid<br />
to know your neighbors and to die.<br />
And you will have a window in your head.<br />
Not even your future will be a mystery<br />
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card<br />
and shut away in a little drawer.<br />
When they want you to buy something<br />
they will call you. When they want you<br />
to die for profit they will let you know.<br />
<br />
So, friends, every day do something<br />
that won't compute. Love the Lord.<br />
Love the world. Work for nothing.<br />
Take all that you have and be poor.<br />
Love someone who does not deserve it.<br />
Denounce the government and embrace<br />
the flag. Hope to live in that free<br />
republic for which it stands.<br />
Give your approval to all you cannot<br />
understand. Praise ignorance, for what man<br />
has not encountered he has not destroyed…"
poetry  farming  society  writing  manifesto  wendellberry  hereandnow  agriculture  local  localism  work  life  well-being  patriotism  citizenship  activism  economics  consumerism  consumption  freedom  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
Amber Waves, March 2010, Feature - Guess Who's Turning 100? Tracking a Century of American Eating
"ERS’s food availability data span 100 years, allowing researchers, marketers,
agriculture  consumerism  culture  food  us  statistics  trends  eating 
march 2010 by robertogreco
The Great Grocery Smackdown - Magazine - The Atlantic
"In an ideal world, people would buy their food directly from the people who grew or caught it, or grow and catch it themselves. But most people can’t do that. If there were a Walmart closer to where I live, I would probably shop there.
walmart  wholefoods  agribusiness  agriculture  business  cooking  distribution  groceries  food  farming  sustainability  organic  produce  local  locavore 
march 2010 by robertogreco
Hantz Farms | World's Largest Urban Farm Planned for the City of Detroit
"It’s our dream to rejuvenate our city by returning to our agrarian roots, by creating the world’s largest urban farm right here in Detroit, a sustainable producer and seller of homegrown fruits and vegetables as well as clean energy. Owned, operated and staffed by Detroiters, Hantz Farms will provide: * Hundreds of “green” jobs for local residents, with on-the-job education. We’ll help Detroit progress to the mixed economy that’s so important for our future. * A generous supply of fresh, local, safe produce for our families and the region. ... * Detroit’s Future A cleaner, greener environment for our children. We’ll clear away the garbage, the blight, the debris, and in their place grow healthful crops and produce non-polluting wind energy. ... * Synergy for local businesses... * Consolidation of city resources."
farms  detroit  agriculture  urbanfarming  farming  culture  cities  urban  work  sustainability  food 
january 2010 by robertogreco
Detroit: Urban Laboratory and the New American Frontier | Newgeography.com
"troubles of Detroit are well-publicized...economy in free fall, people streaming for the exits, worst racial polarization & city-suburb divide in America, its government is feckless & corrupt, & its civic boosters, even ones that are extremely knowledgeable, refuse to acknowledge the depth of the problems, instead ginning up stats & anecdotes to prove all is not so bad. But as with Youngstown, one thing this massive failure has made possible is ability to come up with radical ideas for the city, & potentially to even implement some of them. Places like Flint & Youngstown might be attracting new ideas & moving forward, but it is big cities that inspire the big, audacious dreams. & that is Detroit. Its size, scale, & powerful brand image are attracting not just the region’s but the world’s attention. It may just be that some of the most important urban innovations in 21st century America end up coming not from Portland or New York, but places like Youngstown &, yes, Detroit."
detroit  cities  economics  food  urban  urbanism  farming  future  optimism  urbanprairie  gamechanging  housing  michigan  urbanplanning  geography  agriculture  innovation  architecture  change  futurism  environment  sustainability  urbanagriculture  planning  research  parks  reconstruction  glvo 
december 2009 by robertogreco
Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net
"California dreaming turns to California nightmare as decades of agribusiness, real estate development and exploitation of migrant workers take their toxic toll. Gifford Hartman takes us on a guided tour of the Golden State's darkside"
technology  art  culture  internet  economics  media  geography  activism  michaelpollan  california  politics  capitalism  crisis  economy  ecology  marxism  us  agribusiness  agriculture  realestate  labor  via:grahamje 
december 2009 by robertogreco
5.5 designers: 'guide to free farming' project
"'the guide to free farming' project was presented in the form of a book that aimed to
design  art  urban  flora  traps  fauna  animals  farming  urbanfarming  hunting  gathering  urbanism  agriculture 
december 2009 by robertogreco
Back to the Land - And the Pursuit of Happiness Blog - NYTimes.com
mairakalman  food  slow  simplicity  michaelpollan  alicewaters  storytelling  culture  farming  agriculture  us  ecotopia  organic  thanksgiving  life  eating  schools  education  edibleschoolyard 
november 2009 by robertogreco
California's deficit of common sense -- latimes.com
"This is the usual problem of the United States, which is not just the richest and most powerful nation on Earth now, but on Earth ever, and one of the most blessed in terms of natural resources. We just collectively make loopy decisions about how to distribute the money and water, and we could make other decisions. Whether or not those priorities will change, we could at least have a reality-based conversation about them...Turn­ing Cal­i­for­nia into a Third World nation where the envi­ron­ment is neglected, a lot of peo­ple are gen­uinely des­per­ate and a lot of the young have a hard time get­ting an edu­ca­tion or just can’t get one doesn’t ben­e­fit anyone. We're not poor in money or water. We've just chosen to allocate them in ways that benefit tiny minorities at the expense of the rest of us. We should at least have a conversation about how we distribute our abundant resources. Derek is right: California is a place of abundance, except when it comes to political sense."
us  california  money  water  resources  budget  policy  politics  economics  thirdworld  economy  agriculture  latimes  culture  society  2009  priorities  education  colleges  universities  farming 
november 2009 by robertogreco
Next American City » Daily Report » Farming for Apartment-Dwellers
"Artists Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray want to take urban agriculture to a whole new level with their window farm projectWindow Farms. The idea? Grow your vegetables in vertical farms in your windows. Once they developed a prototype for Riley’s apartment they workshopped the idea with some nascent New York window farmers to see what worked and what didn’t. I spoke with Britta Riley about the project at the Eyebeam Gallery where a sample window farm was on display."
farming  urban  urbanfarming  agriculture  plants  apartmentdwelling  tcsnmy 
october 2009 by robertogreco
"Omnivore's Dilemma" Author Michael Pollan's New Advice on Buying Food: "Don't Buy Any Food You've Ever Seen Advertised"
"So, I’ve had to update my rules. And with all this new marketing based on these ideas, my new suggestion is, if you want to avoid all this, simply don’t buy any food you’ve ever seen advertised. Ninety-four percent of ad budgets for food go to processed food. I mean, the broccoli growers don’t have money for ad budgets. So the real food is not being advertised. And that’s really all you need to know."
michaelpollan  food  advertising  environmentalism  culture  politics  economics  environment  agriculture  climate  farming  health  local  ecology 
august 2009 by robertogreco
Ambassador of Fruit | Orion Magazine
"An Iranian pomologist transforms an Idaho landscape and helps its growers stay in business"
fruit  agriculture  farming  idaho  grapes  apples  iran 
august 2009 by robertogreco
Worldchanging: Bright Green: How To Be A Green School
"Teachers and students want to do good things for the environment, but sometimes they can't see the wood for the trees. Zac Goldsmith sets out five things all schools can do. ... 1 Good food ... 2 Cooking and growing ... 3 The school run ... 4 Energy savings ... 5 Waste"
schools  green  sustainability  environment  food  farming  urbanfarming  agriculture  cooking  energy  waste  conservation  local  transportation  tcsnmy  lcproject 
august 2009 by robertogreco
Hyperlocavore - A free yard sharing community
"Join hyperlocavore to find or start a yard share in your town. CSAs and community gardens fill up fast. Food is expensive! Grow together!"
yardsharing  urbanfarming  tcsnmy  community  environment  local  green  gardening  activism  socialnetworking  agriculture  locavore  sharing  sustainability  urban  farming 
july 2009 by robertogreco
California sprouts marijuana 'green rush'
"More and more, having premium pot delivered to your door in California is not a crime. It is a legitimate business.
california  marijuana  drugs  economics  money  agriculture  law  medicine 
july 2009 by robertogreco
GM cereal crops created to grow in salty water - Telegraph
"Scientists have found a way of genetically modifying cereal crops to grow in salty water in a move that could help alleviate hunger in some of the world's poorest nations."
agriculture  gmcrops  science 
july 2009 by robertogreco
Features: 'A narrower Atlantic' by Peter Baldwin | Prospect Magazine May 2009 issue 158
"Despite America’s move to the left under Obama, it’s still assumed that Europe & America are fundamentally different—in their economies, societies & values. But this is a myth...If we compare 4 areas: economy, social policy, environment & religion & cultural attitudes, the evidence in each case allows 2 conclusions. First, Europe is not a coherent or unified continent. The spectrum of difference within even the 16 countries of western Europe is far broader than normally appreciated. Second, with a few exceptions, the US fits into this spectrum...If there is anything that most separates American society from Europe, it is the continuing presence of an ethnically distinct underclass...No one is arguing that America is Sweden. But nor is Britain, Italy, or even France. And since when does Sweden represent “Europe”—at least anymore than the ethnically homogenous, socially liberal state of Vermont does America? Europe is not the continent alone & certainly not just its northern regions."
us  europe  culture  society  statistics  demographics  crime  poverty  literacy  education  socialism  nationalism  comparison  politics  similarities  differences  income  policy  socialpolicy  spending  perception  oil  environment  recycling  consumption  books  reading  energy  religion  govenment  science  barackobama  georgewbush  stereotypes  taxes  economics  evolution  health  families  healthcare  agriculture  secularism  healthinsurance  values 
june 2009 by robertogreco
David L. Carr - Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barabara
Javier: David Carr was a classmate of mine for a semester in Chile. I thought some of his research might be of interest to you. - "Human dimensions of global environmental change, land use/cover change, migration, fertility, health, rural poverty and development, Latin America"
friends  geography  latinamerica  migration  poverty  economics  agriculture  health  rural 
may 2009 by robertogreco
BLDGBLOG: This Diseased Utopia: 10 Thoughts on Swine Flu and the City
"It's an important question. After all, it's incredibly easy, reading about sustainable cities, urban agriculture, and even the locavore movement, to conclude that chickens, pigs, cows, etc., have all been removed from the urban fabric as part of a profiteering move by Tyson and Perdue.
disease  geography  cities  health  bldgblog  agriculture  farming  animals  locavore  sustainability  urbanagriculture  swineflu  history  epidemics  urban  urbanism  architecture  stevenjohnson  epidemiology  crisis 
april 2009 by robertogreco
Edible Schoolyard
"The Edible Schoolyard (ESY), a program of the Chez Panisse Foundation, is a one-acre organic garden and kitchen classroom for urban public school students at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California. At ESY, students participate in all aspects of growing, harvesting, and preparing nutritious, seasonal produce.
tcsnmy  schools  education  learning  science  food  edibleschoolyard  farming  urbanfarming  curriculum  agriculture  sustainability  environment  california  green  health  urban  local  organic  nutrition  ecology  gardening  classes  foodeducation  classideas 
april 2009 by robertogreco
VeggieTrader - Your place to trade, buy or sell local homegrown produce
"Wish you could turn your excess plums into lemons, or maybe even a little cash? Use this site to find neighbors to swap with or sell your excess produce to. Or if you specialize in growing tomatoes, find neighbors who specialize in other produce and form networks to share in the variety. Even if you don't have a garden, Veggie Trader is your place for finding local food near you."
classprojects  tcsnmy  gardening  agriculture  neighborhoods  vegetables  fruits  sustainability  collaboration  community  sharing  markets  food  green  local  produce  trading  fruit 
april 2009 by robertogreco
Backyards could become community gardens in Santa Monica - Los Angeles Times
"Program would match willing homeowners with would-be gardeners, reducing the years-long waiting list for a plot of soil."
food  gardens  gardening  agriculture  urbanagriculture  santamonica  losangeles  community  urbangardening  permaculture  california  yards  faming 
april 2009 by robertogreco
MyFarm - Growing Vegetables. Growing Community
"MyFarm is a decentralized urban farm. We grow vegetables in backyard gardens throughout the city. By increasing local food production we are creating a secure and sustainable food system. Using organic practices we strive to grow the best tasting most nutritious vegetables."
sanfrancisco  gardens  gardening  yards  california  entrepreneurship  vegetables  bayarea  food  organic  green  permaculture  urbangardening  urbanfarming  farming  agriculture 
april 2009 by robertogreco
Kevin Kelly -- The Technium - Amish Hackers
"The Amish are steadily, slowing adopting technology. They are slow geeks. As one Amish man told Howard Rheingold, "We don't want to stop progress, we just want to slow it down," But their manner of slow adoption is instructive.
amish  us  technology  sustainability  farming  culture  digital  diy  agriculture  hacking  religion  design  hackers  society  lateadopters  earlyadopters  kevinkelly 
february 2009 by robertogreco
The Vigorous North: The Black Belt: How Soil Types Determined the 2008 Election in the Deep South
"Allen Gathman, a biology professor in Missouri, had also seen the pattern and recognized it as a function of land use in the deep South. He posted the electoral map above alongside a map of cotton production in 1860: sure enough, the "blue" counties correlated with cotton production in the slavery era."
2008  elections  voting  us  population  agriculture  geography  cartography  maps  mapping  demographics  geopolitics  society  science  cotton  barackobama  johnmccain  republicans  democrats  politics  geology 
november 2008 by robertogreco
Serve your country food - Greenhorns
"We’re excited to use this project to make visual the impact of a swelling new force on the American landscape. There are patriots working in this country today whose commitment to the freedom of the nation is exhibited in their fierce loyalty to its citizens, to their nutrition, their water, their open space, their health and their independence. Farmers have been here all along, but in this time especially of high energy costs, sinking dollar, and the changing climate—local food production has become a key puzzle piece, and with the current agricultural community reaching retirement age, recruitment has become a critical motive."
food  maps  mapping  farming  agriculture  us  sustainability  activism  energy  green  community  future 
november 2008 by robertogreco
Jim Kunstler : The Nausea Express
"What we can't face is the prospect that we might become something other than an industrial "consumer" society. My narrative includes the conviction that we will have trouble producing food for ourselves as petro-agriculture fails, and since society can't go on without food production, I see this activity coming back much closer to the center of our daily lives. We're not ready to think about that. The downside of our unreadiness may be that a lot of Americans will go hungry in the decade ahead.
peakoil  bailout  politics  change  upheaval  society  gamechanging  jameshowardkunstler  crisis  2008  markets  agriculture  finance  food  future  nearfuture  oil  energy  local  consumerism 
october 2008 by robertogreco
Emergence Of Agriculture In Prehistory Took Much Longer, Genetic Evidence Suggests
"Until recently researchers say the story of the origin of agriculture was one of a relatively sudden appearance of plant cultivation in the Near East around 10,000 years ago spreading quickly into Europe and dovetailing conveniently with ideas about how quickly language and population genes spread from the Near East to Europe. Initially, genetics appeared to support this idea but now cracks are beginning to appear in the evidence underpinning that model"
archaeology  history  farming  human  culture  society  food  agriculture  genetics  middleeast  botany  civilization  tcsnmy  classideas 
september 2008 by robertogreco
No mo' soil, mo' problems
"We're running out of dirt. So says geologist David R. Montgomery in Charles Mann's article about the perils affecting the world's soil, including soil compaction in industrialized nations, drought in Africa, and erosion in China.1 Not that progress isn't being made. Some of the farm land in Burkina Faso has been recovered by local farming techniques."
soil  earth  agriculture  environment  sustainability  future  ecology 
august 2008 by robertogreco
Outstanding in the Field [see also: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12493564@N06/sets/]
"Set between the soil and the sky, Outstanding in the Field's long, linen-draped table beckons adventurous diners to celebrate food at the source. Bringing together local farmers and food artisans, chefs and winemakers, we explore the connection between the earth and the food on your plate. Join us as we feast on the gifts of the land."
food  local  green  events  bayarea  california  agriculture  outdoors  culinary  farms  farming  organic  hyperlocal  locavores  restaurants 
august 2008 by robertogreco
In the Capital of the Car, Nature Stakes a Claim - New York Times
"After decades of blight, large swathes of Detroit are being reclaimed by nature. Roughly a third of this 139-square-mile city consists of weed-choked lots and dilapidated buildings. Satellite images show an urban core giving way to an urban prairie."
detroit  2003  urbanprairie  urbandecay  urban  nature  ecotopia  farming  agriculture 
august 2008 by robertogreco
San Diego Food Not Lawns
"grassroots group based in San Diego, California (USA) and focused on "cultivating an edible future" and working together to offer information, facilitate communication, and otherwise act and effect local change regarding a variety of food and land relate
sandiego  food  groceries  produce  gardening  california  activism  nutrition  slow  slowfood  grassroots  agriculture  sustainability  diy  ecology  green  local  community 
july 2008 by robertogreco
Slow Food Nation
"Join us in San Francisco this Labor Day Weekend for an unprecedented event! Taste delicious food, meet farmers, wander urban gardens, and discover the recipe for a fair and sustainable food system."
events  california  us  sanfrancisco  food  slowfood  slow  sustainability  agriculture  local  health  green  gardening  farming  vegetables 
july 2008 by robertogreco
San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project
"We are SAN DIEGO ROOTS Sustainable Food Project, a network of citizens, farmers, chefs, gardeners, teachers, and students working to encourage the growth and consumption of regional food. From farm to fork, we focus awareness and work toward a more ecologically sound, economically viable and socially just food system in San Diego.
sandiego  california  local  food  localism  locavore  environment  sustainability  produce  slow  slowfood  gardening  green  farms  agriculture  tcsnmy  cooking 
july 2008 by robertogreco
San Diego Farm Bureau
"Although agriculture is not a high-profile industry, it ranks as the fifth largest industry in San Diego County (after manufacturing, tourism, defense, and biotechnology) and contributes $1.4 billion to the local economy."
sandiego  local  vegetables  fruit  produce  economics  farms  agriculture  sustainability  environment  health 
july 2008 by robertogreco
Edible San Diego
"Through our magazine, website, and events, our aim is to connect consumers with local growers, retailers, chefs, and food artisans. We will bring you the stories about new products, old ways, markets, restaurants, must read books, and thriving traditions
food  magazines  sandiego  local  produce  groceries  farming  agriculture 
july 2008 by robertogreco
Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food [see also: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/]
"Use our website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies. Want to support this great web site? Shop in our catalog for things you
food  organic  local  farms  farming  agriculture  green  activism  vegetables  groceries  produce  sandiego  localism  locavore  us  sustainability 
july 2008 by robertogreco
Salon.com News | Apocalypse now: In a devastating global climate of our own making, how will humans survive?
"chaos that could soon grow exponentially from the convergence of resource depletion, intractable inequality, and climate change...real danger is that human solidarity itself...will suddenly fracture and shatter into a thousand shards. "
mikedavis  agriculture  climate  environment  sustainability  distopia  future  markets  human  behavior 
july 2008 by robertogreco
Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
"Webcast of President Bachelet's talk (RealPlayer)" via: http://southernconeguidebooks.blogspot.com/2008/06/bachelet-plays-berkeley.html
chile  california  history  education  sustainability  future  michellebachelet  economics  trade  government  energy  technology  agriculture  investment 
june 2008 by robertogreco
Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
"Webcast of President Bachelet's talk (RealPlayer)" via: http://southernconeguidebooks.blogspot.com/2008/06/bachelet-plays-berkeley.html
chile  california  history  education  sustainability  future  michellebachelet  economics  trade  government  energy  technology  agriculture  investment 
june 2008 by robertogreco
Southern Cone Travel: Bachelet Plays Berkeley
"Given these geographical parallels and historical heritage, it's not surprising that Chilean President Michelle Bachelet would give an address at the University of California, Berkeley, last Thursday."
chile  california  history  comments  education  sustainability  future  michellebachelet  economics  trade  government  energy  technology  agriculture  investment 
june 2008 by robertogreco
Calif.: Chilean leader says invest in education - Forbes.com
"Bachelet is visiting California for a trade mission on energy, education and innovation....Her goal is to transform Chile's economy from one that is commodity-based to one that is more specialized, focusing on services and high-tech products."
chile  education  trade  markets  future  investment  economics  agriculture  energy  green  sustainability  technology 
june 2008 by robertogreco
Gobierno de Chile: Presidenta y gobernador Schwarzenegger dan inicio al Plan Chile-California: Una Asociación para el Siglo 21
"En el marco de su visita de trabajo a EE.UU., la Mandataria planteó el desafío de “aprender de la exitosa experiencia de California”, a través de “una gran alianza estratégica para el siglo 21”."
chile  california  government  agriculture  education  science  markets  energy  sustainability 
june 2008 by robertogreco
Marcela Sanchez - Chile's Investment Deepening Ties to U.S. - washingtonpost.com
"In many respects, Chile may be on its way to addressing three significant challenges that nearly all Latin American countries face: overcoming a dependence on revenue from raw materials, the lack of alternative sources for energy, and persistent inequali
chile  california  us  history  government  policy  energy  education  agriculture  future  economics 
june 2008 by robertogreco
06.13.2008 - An alliance for green prosperity?
"On a visit to Berkeley and LBNL this week, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet emphasized the value of collaboration between her nation and the state of California"
chile  california  energy  education  science  agriculture  markets  government 
june 2008 by robertogreco
California, Chile to expand ties - Los Angeles Times
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet preside over the signing of scientific, agricultural and educational agreements."
chile  california  government  agriculture  education  science  markets  investment 
june 2008 by robertogreco
New Statesman - How the rich starved the world
"World cereal stocks are at an all-time low, food-aid programmes have run out of money and millions face starvation. Yet wealthy countries persist with plans to use grain for petrol"
food  politics  economics  agriculture  ethanol  biofuels  futurism  green  capitalism  society  wealth 
april 2008 by robertogreco
Landscape+Urbanism
"dialogue and siftings from Portland, Oregon focusing on landscape, architecture, urbanism, vegetated architecture, urban agriculture, living walls, green roofs, ecological planning and design."
portland  oregon  cascadia  architecture  landscape  design  ecology  environment  agriculture  urban  urbanism  gardening  green  planning 
april 2008 by robertogreco
Indignación y movilizaciones de ruralistas tras el discurso de Cristina [some background info for the cacerolazos bookmarks]
"Manifestantes realizan protestas en distinas localidades bonaerenses y de otras provincias. En los cortes rechazaron en duros términos las declaraciones de la Presidenta sobre el paro. Y ratificaron que continuarán con los reclamos"
argentina  economics  taxes  government  protests  agriculture  food  money  politics  strikes 
march 2008 by robertogreco
Cristina, fuerte contra el paro del campo: "Ahora vemos los piquetes de la abundancia" [some background info for the cacerolazos bookmarks]
"Remarcó que el campo fue "el sector de mayor rentabilidad desde el 2001 a esta parte". Y agregó: "No me voy a someter a ninguna extorsión". De esta manera, puso aún más distancia con los dirigentes ruralistas, quienes más temprano anunciaron que se
argentina  economics  taxes  government  protests  agriculture  food  money  politics  strikes 
march 2008 by robertogreco
BBC NEWS | Americas | Scientists advance 'drought crop'
"Scientists say they have made a key breakthrough in understanding the genes of plants that could lead to crops that can survive in a drought."
agriculture  botany  disasters  drought  environment  genetics  science  technology  future  food 
february 2008 by robertogreco
The truffles are coming | Salon Life
"A new crop of American dreamers are betting the farm on truffles, which Europeans have savored like sex for ages. But can the Yanks get the mysterious mushrooms to grow?"
food  truffles  us  europe  agriculture 
february 2008 by robertogreco
Future Farmer - Business World - WSJ.com
"History records that previous commodity booms were not followed by mass starvation, resource wars and the end of civilization. John Atkin is out to make sure it doesn't happen again."
agriculture  energy  food  russia  brasil  population  future  markets  commodities  globalization  freetrade  trade  geneticallymofifiedfoods  world  global  policy  biofuels 
january 2008 by robertogreco
Michael Pollan - Argiculture - Disease Resistant Staph - Concentrated Animal Feed Operations - Sustainability - New York Times
"The word “sustainability” has gotten such a workout lately that the whole concept is in danger of floating away on a sea of inoffensiveness. Everybody, it seems, is for it whatever “it” means."
michaelpollan  food  sustainability  agriculture  health  medicine 
january 2008 by robertogreco
Food prices | The end of cheap food | Economist.com
"Rising food prices are a threat to many; they also present the world with an enormous opportunity"
agriculture  economics  finance  food  inflation  poverty  sustainability  politics  money  environment 
december 2007 by robertogreco
Why organic food can't feed the world | COSMOS magazine
"Recent studies have re-visited the idea that organic methods of agriculture would be sufficient to feed the world – but they are flawed because of naïveté about agriculture in developing nations."
agriculture  sustainability  organic  science  farming  development  world  international  hunger  poverty 
september 2007 by robertogreco
Walking to the shops ‘damages planet more than going by car’ - Times Online
"Food production is now so energy-intensive that more carbon is emitted providing a person with enough calories to walk to the shops than a car would emit over the same distance."
agriculture  business  cars  climate  CO2  data  debate  ecology  earth  development  efficiency  energy  environment  opinion  skepticism  statistics  sustainability  globalwarming  pollution  population  waste  politics  planet  perspective 
august 2007 by robertogreco
Grape Expectations: Vines May Love Vivaldi
"Just in through the grapevine: Music helps grow healthier plants. That's the preliminary result of research by Italian scientists who have been examining vineyards exposed to classical music to see if sound makes the plants grow larger and more quickly."
botany  music  wine  science  plants  sound  agriculture 
june 2007 by robertogreco
Food Timeline: food history reference & research service
"Food history presents a complicated buffet of popular lore and contradictory facts. Some people will tell you it's impossible to express this topic in exact timeline format. They are correct. Most foods and recipes are not invented; they evolve."
agriculture  anthropology  food  history  timelines  reference  visualization  recipes  society  culinary 
june 2007 by robertogreco
Stalking the Elusive Wasabi
cultivation  food  japanese  japan  oregon  cascadia  plants  gardening  agriculture  wasabi  washingtonstate  farming 
may 2007 by robertogreco
The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine
"New-generation farmers are growing markets and a way of life"
cultivation  food  japanese  japan  oregon  cascadia  plants  gardening  agriculture  wasabi  washingtonstate  farming 
may 2007 by robertogreco
Food - Supermarkets - Obesity - Nutrition - Calories - Farmers - Agriculture - New York Times
"The reason the least healthful calories in the supermarket are the cheapest is that those are the ones the farm bill encourages farmers to grow."
agriculture  culture  economics  food  nutrition  obesity  politics  policy  us  health  pollan 
april 2007 by robertogreco
David Byrne Journal: 4.24.07: Begone
"though it was not mentioned in the tangerine article I asked myself if the two articles could be related — if GM agribusiness could be trying to eliminate bees. Call me a conspiracy nut, but it sure sounds likely to me."
bees  agribusiness  agriculture  nature  environment  insects  animals  sustainability  global 
april 2007 by robertogreco
LOS ANGELES TIMES / January 25, 2007 - Novice's Guide to An Urban Homestead
local  losangeles  pasadena  homesteading  agriculture  alternative  california  community  craft  ecology  diy  efficiency  energy  environment  food  living  simplicity  sustainability  urban  howto  green 
january 2007 by robertogreco
LOS ANGELES TIMES / January 25, 2007 - O, Pioneers in Pasadena
local  losangeles  pasadena  homesteading  agriculture  alternative  california  community  craft  ecology  diy  efficiency  energy  environment  food  living  simplicity  sustainability  urban  howto  green 
january 2007 by robertogreco
Path to Freedom
local family that was profiled in the LA Times - they homestead on a lot in Pasadena
local  losangeles  pasadena  homesteading  agriculture  alternative  california  community  craft  ecology  diy  efficiency  energy  environment  food  living  simplicity  sustainability  urban  howto  green 
january 2007 by robertogreco
The Center for Land Use Interpretation
"The Center for Land Use Interpretation is a research organization involved in exploring, examining, and understanding land and landscape issues. The Center employs a variety of methods to pursue its mission - engaging in research, classification, extrapo
activism  agriculture  development  architecture  art  california  losangeles  local  land  cities  collaboration  collaborative  collective  community  design  culture  education  landscape  transportation  travel  urban  urbanism  projects  public  publications  museums  programs  planning  sustainability  space  resources  research  organizations  installation  mapping  maps  geography  environment 
december 2006 by robertogreco
LA Weekly - The Collector of Experiences
Mark Allen and his Machine Project
markallen  art  local  losangeles  science  electronics  photography  diy  design  crafts  class  hardware  hacks  sculpture  sound  technology  howto  agriculture  media  performance  education  community  glvo  lcproject  make  galleries  machineproject  space 
december 2006 by robertogreco
No Two Alike: A Quest for Pomegranates in Turkmenistan | Barbara Baer | Orion
food  fruit  pomegranates  history  geography  travel  turkmenistan  culture  research  myth  cultivation  agriculture 
december 2006 by robertogreco
machine project
machineproject  markallen  art  local  losangeles  science  electronics  photography  diy  design  crafts  class  hardware  hacks  sculpture  sound  technology  howto  agriculture  media  performance  education  community  glvo  lcproject  make  galleries  space 
october 2006 by robertogreco
Pruned: Grain Elevators
architecture  art  industry  photography  design  history  reuse  adaptive  agriculture  heritage 
october 2006 by robertogreco
Treehugger: Flax + Hemp + Kenaf: Optimal Materials For America
"We are making everything with the wrong materials! Kenaf is better than trees for making paper. Flax and hemp are better than cotton for making clothing. Organic wool is better for making clothing than synthetics. Cork and flax (linoleum) make better flo
green  materials  environment  change  future  agriculture  design 
september 2006 by robertogreco
~FUTUREFARMERS~
"In 1995, Futurefarmers was formed by Amy Franceschini. Futurefarmers is a New Media construct specializing in creative investigation and development of new work. Through collaboration, we explore the relationship of concept and creative process between i
art  community  collective  creative  design  environment  graphics  innovation  illustration  politics  activism  society  amyfranceschini  agriculture  sanfrancisco  urbanism  neighborhoods  sustainability  artists  awareness  futurefarmers  urban  gardening  gardens  consumption 
march 2006 by robertogreco
« earlier      

related tags

activism ⊕  adaptive ⊕  advertising ⊕  agitpropproject ⊕  agribusiness ⊕  agriculture ⊖  alicewaters ⊕  alternative ⊕  amish ⊕  amyfranceschini ⊕  animals ⊕  animation ⊕  anthropocene ⊕  anthropology ⊕  apartmentdwelling ⊕  apples ⊕  archaeology ⊕  architecture ⊕  argentina ⊕  art ⊕  artists ⊕  audiencesofone ⊕  austria ⊕  awareness ⊕  bailout ⊕  barackobama ⊕  bayarea ⊕  bees ⊕  behavior ⊕  bertiecounty ⊕  biofuels ⊕  bldgblog ⊕  books ⊕  botany ⊕  brasil ⊕  budget ⊕  business ⊕  california ⊕  capitalism ⊕  cars ⊕  cartography ⊕  cascadia ⊕  change ⊕  chile ⊕  cities ⊕  citizenship ⊕  civilization ⊕  class ⊕  classes ⊕  classideas ⊕  classprojects ⊕  climate ⊕  CO2 ⊕  collaboration ⊕  collaborative ⊕  collapse ⊕  collective ⊕  colleges ⊕  comments ⊕  commodities ⊕  community ⊕  comparison ⊕  complexity ⊕  conservation ⊕  consumerism ⊕  consumption ⊕  cooking ⊕  corporatism ⊕  cotton ⊕  craft ⊕  crafts ⊕  creative ⊕  crime ⊕  crisis ⊕  culinary ⊕  cultivation ⊕  culture ⊕  curriculum ⊕  cv ⊕  data ⊕  debate ⊕  demise ⊕  democrats ⊕  demographics ⊕  dennislittky ⊕  depth ⊕  deschooling ⊕  design ⊕  designeducation ⊕  detroit ⊕  development ⊕  differences ⊕  digital ⊕  disasters ⊕  disease ⊕  distopia ⊕  distribution ⊕  diy ⊕  drought ⊕  drugs ⊕  earlyadopters ⊕  earth ⊕  eating ⊕  ecology ⊕  economics ⊕  economy ⊕  ecotopia ⊕  edibleschoolyard ⊕  education ⊕  efficiency ⊕  elections ⊕  electronics ⊕  emilypilloton ⊕  energy ⊕  entrepreneurship ⊕  environment ⊕  environmentalism ⊕  epidemics ⊕  epidemiology ⊕  ethanol ⊕  europe ⊕  events ⊕  evolution ⊕  families ⊕  faming ⊕  farming ⊕  farms ⊕  fauna ⊕  film ⊕  finance ⊕  flora ⊕  food ⊕  foodeducation ⊕  freedom ⊕  freetrade ⊕  friends ⊕  fruit ⊕  fruits ⊕  future ⊕  futurefarmers ⊕  futurism ⊕  gaiauniversity ⊕  galleries ⊕  gamechanging ⊕  gardening ⊕  gardens ⊕  gathering ⊕  geneticallymofifiedfoods ⊕  genetics ⊕  geography ⊕  geology ⊕  geopolitics ⊕  georgewbush ⊕  germany ⊕  global ⊕  globalization ⊕  globalwarming ⊕  glvo ⊕  gmcrops ⊕  govenment ⊕  government ⊕  grapes ⊕  graphics ⊕  grassroots ⊕  green ⊕  groceries ⊕  growth ⊕  gvcs ⊕  hackers ⊕  hacking ⊕  hacks ⊕  hardware ⊕  health ⊕  healthcare ⊕  healthinsurance ⊕  hereandnow ⊕  heritage ⊕  highered ⊕  highereducation ⊕  history ⊕  homesteading ⊕  housing ⊕  howto ⊕  human ⊕  humanism ⊕  humanitariandesign ⊕  humanity ⊕  humanrace ⊕  humans ⊕  hunger ⊕  hunter-gatherer ⊕  hunting ⊕  hyperlocal ⊕  idaho ⊕  illustration ⊕  income ⊕  industry ⊕  inflation ⊕  innovation ⊕  insects ⊕  installation ⊕  international ⊕  internet ⊕  investment ⊕  iran ⊕  jameshowardkunstler ⊕  japan ⊕  japanese ⊕  jareddiamond ⊕  johnmccain ⊕  jonkolko ⊕  kenrobinson ⊕  kevinkelly ⊕  labor ⊕  land ⊕  landscape ⊕  lateadopters ⊕  latimes ⊕  latinamerica ⊕  law ⊕  lcproject ⊕  learning ⊕  life ⊕  literacy ⊕  living ⊕  local ⊕  localism ⊕  locavore ⊕  locavores ⊕  losangeles ⊕  machineproject ⊕  machines ⊕  magazines ⊕  mairakalman ⊕  make ⊕  manifesto ⊕  mapping ⊕  maps ⊕  marijuana ⊕  markallen ⊕  markets ⊕  markmykleby ⊕  marxism ⊕  massivechange ⊕  materials ⊕  meaning ⊕  media ⊕  medicine ⊕  mexico ⊕  michaelpollan ⊕  michellebachelet ⊕  michigan ⊕  middleages ⊕  middleeast ⊕  migration ⊕  mikedavis ⊕  military ⊕  money ⊕  museums ⊕  music ⊕  myth ⊕  nationalism ⊕  nationalstrategicnarrative ⊕  nature ⊕  nearfuture ⊕  neighborhoods ⊕  nutrition ⊕  obesity ⊕  oil ⊕  openecology ⊕  opinion ⊕  optimism ⊕  oregon ⊕  organic ⊕  organizations ⊕  outdoors ⊕  parks ⊕  pasadena ⊕  patriotism ⊕  peakoil ⊕  perception ⊕  performance ⊕  permaculture ⊕  perspective ⊕  photography ⊕  planet ⊕  planning ⊕  plants ⊕  poetry ⊕  policy ⊕  politics ⊕  pollan ⊕  pollution ⊕  pomegranates ⊕  poptech ⊕  population ⊕  porland ⊕  portland ⊕  poverty ⊕  priorities ⊕  produce ⊕  programs ⊕  progress ⊕  projecth ⊕  projects ⊕  protests ⊕  public ⊕  publications ⊕  puertorico ⊕  purpose ⊕  reading ⊕  realestate ⊕  recipes ⊕  reconstruction ⊕  recycling ⊕  reference ⊕  religion ⊕  republicans ⊕  research ⊕  resources ⊕  restaurants ⊕  reuse ⊕  rural ⊕  russia ⊕  sandiego ⊕  sanfrancisco ⊕  santamonica ⊕  scalability ⊕  scale ⊕  schools ⊕  science ⊕  sculpture ⊕  secularism ⊕  sensemaking ⊕  sharing ⊕  similarities ⊕  simplicity ⊕  skepticism ⊕  slow ⊕  slowfood ⊕  socialcapital ⊕  socialism ⊕  socialnetworking ⊕  socialpolicy ⊕  society ⊕  soil ⊕  sound ⊕  space ⊕  spending ⊕  statistics ⊕  stereotypes ⊕  stevenjohnson ⊕  storytelling ⊕  strikes ⊕  sustainability ⊕  swineflu ⊕  systems ⊕  systemsthinking ⊕  taxes ⊕  tcsnmy ⊕  technology ⊕  tennessee ⊕  thanksgiving ⊕  the2837university ⊕  thirdworld ⊕  timelines ⊕  trade ⊕  trading ⊕  transportation ⊕  traps ⊕  travel ⊕  trends ⊕  troutgulch ⊕  truffles ⊕  turkmenistan ⊕  universities ⊕  unschooling ⊕  upheaval ⊕  urban ⊕  urbanagriculture ⊕  urbandecay ⊕  urbanfarming ⊕  urbangardening ⊕  urbanism ⊕  urbanplanning ⊕  urbanprairie ⊕  us ⊕  values ⊕  vegetables ⊕  via:grahamje ⊕  via:preoccupations ⊕  via:steelemaley ⊕  visualization ⊕  voting ⊕  walmart ⊕  wasabi ⊕  washingtonstate ⊕  waste ⊕  water ⊕  wayneporter ⊕  wealth ⊕  well-being ⊕  wendellberry ⊕  wholefoods ⊕  wine ⊕  work ⊕  world ⊕  writing ⊕  yards ⊕  yardsharing ⊕ 

Copy this bookmark:



description:


tags: