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Distinguishing blue from green in language - Wikipedia
"The English language makes a distinction between blue and green, but some languages do not. Of these, quite a number, mostly in Africa, do not distinguish blue from black either, while there are a handful of languages that do not distinguish blue from black but have a separate term for green.[1] Also, some languages treat light (often greenish) blue and dark blue as separate colors, rather than different variations of blue, while English does not."

[via: http://bobulate.com/post/21832744467/everything-you-know-lost-in-translation ]
blue  languages  linguistics  perception  green  psychology  color  language  from delicious
4 weeks ago by robertogreco
Everything you know lost in translation - Bobulate
"Japanese used to have a color word, ao, that spanned both green and blue. In the modern language, however, ao has come to be restricted mostly to blue shades, and green is usually expressed by the word midori (although even today ao can still refer to the green of freshness or unripeness — green apples, for instance, are called ao ringo). when the first traffic lights were imported from the United States and installed in Japan in the 1930s, they were just as green as anywhere else. Nevertheless, in common parlance the go light was dubbed ao shingoo, perhaps because the three primary colors on Japanese artists’ palettes are traditionally aka (red), kiiro (yellow), and ao. The label ao for a green light did not appear so out of the ordinary at first, because of the remaining associations of the word ao with greenness.

But over time, the discrepancy between the green color and the dominant meaning of the word ao began to feel jarring. Nations with a weaker spine might have opted for…"
history  symbolism  symbols  description  guydeutscher  language  color  blue  green  lizdanzico  japanese  translation  from delicious
4 weeks ago by robertogreco
Transition Network
"Transition Network supports community-led responses to climate change and shrinking supplies of cheap energy, building resilience and happiness."

"Transition Network's role is to inspire, encourage, connect, support and train communities as they self-organise around the transition model, creating initiatives that rebuild resilience and reduce CO2 emissions."

“What is a Transition Initiative? It's a place where there's a community-led process that helps that town/village/city/neighbourhood become stronger and happier.”

[Also here: http://pinboard.in/u:steelemaley/t:transition/ ]
resilience  via:litherland  via:steelemaley  energy  culture  peakoil  green  activism  environment  transition  community  sustainability  from delicious
7 weeks ago by robertogreco
38 Alternatives to University and Design School in the Americas & Canada
"To do things differently, it helps to connect with new people and contexts. Universities and design schools seldom make that easy. Our xskool and City Eco Lab encounters aspire to meet this need – but there are many other experimental schools, courses and events out there. This handout contains the most interesting ones we’ve found so far.  It includes [with their permission] the findings of a scoping study for Schumacher College in England.  No quality judgment is implied by inclusion in (or omission from) this list. If we have made any mistakes here,or you would like to suggest an addition to this list, please email: john (at) doorsofperception dot com"
costarica  hollyhockleadershipinstitute  insterdisciplinarycentreforenvironment  interdisciplinary  sustainableinterpriseacademy  ubc  dalhousieuniversity  permacultureinstitute  permaculture  antiochuniversity  centerforcreativechange  archeworks  holynamesuniversity  coloradocollege  columbia  earthinstitute  ecosainstitute  prescottcollege  thesustainabilityinstitute  thenatureinstitute  tetonscienceschool  siriuscommunity  systems  systemsthinking  organizationsystemsrenewal  presidioschoolofmanagement  oberlincollege  naropauniversity  bainbridgegarduateinstitute  bainbridgeisland  ecoversity  iwb  dominicancollege  bioregions  design  ucberkeley  ecoliteracy  green  environment  sustainability  cityecolab  xskool  johnthackara  2012  education  alternative  altgdp  from delicious
7 weeks ago by robertogreco
How Aerotropolis May Destroy Us Yet | varnelis.net
"One of the most annoying & pervasive myths pundits like to spout today is that living in cities is, de facto, greener.

All things is being equal, yes, it would be.

It disturbs me, however, that these same pundits spend jet around the globe much of the year, bragging about how many miles they've logged.

Check out Getting There Green, a fascinating report from the Union of Concerned Scientists that I came across in our research for rebuilding the Port Authority Bus Terminal. It turns out that plane travel is much, much worse for the environment. Try it out for yourself at the Terrapass Carbon Footprint Calculator. Alas, that calculator doesn't include first class travel, which pundits prefer, but if we can assume that one first class trip is equal to two coach trips (it may be worse than this), all it takes is 2 first class trips from NY to Europe to equal a year of carbon output from an SUV. 

Is there a surprise in Getting There Green? Yes, the bus is the greenest mode of travel."
buses  myths  gettingtheregreen  green  carbonfootprint  2012  kazysvarnelis  petpeeves  environment  sustainability  aerotropolis  hypocrisy  travel  from delicious
february 2012 by robertogreco
A Conversation With Allison Arieff, Writer and Editor on Sustainability - Nicholas Jackson - Life - The Atlantic
"Making sustainability a trend has minimized its relevance and stymied its progress. Climate change, declining resources, peak oil -- these aren't passing fads. "Green is the new black," "eco-chic," "eco-fabulous," -- I even got a pitch from Eco-Stiletto! All that marketing-speak has done little for sustainability except validate old behaviors. It's a notion that you can go green by buying more stuff. We'll always need things, but we need a real focus on making those things less expendable, less, well, "trendy," and more efficient, healthier, durable, built to last."
sustainability  trends  consumerism  design  green  journalism  allisonarieff  2011  from delicious
november 2011 by robertogreco
Mammoth School | Knee High Media Japan
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"School and Mammoth, Mammoth's proposed concept for children continue to lead the future. Magazine, WEB, be linked to events, and explores a new STANDARD for education. These are the basic principles of a mammoth school. Learn from both parents and children, to disseminate the ideas that we will foster a rich opportunity.<br />
(1) PLAY to LEARN what there is to learn to play inside.<br />
(2) HANDS on LEARNING lead to a deeper understanding of experience to stimulate the mind and body.<br />
(3) GREEN LEARNING connection with the earth, learn how to live eco-friendly.<br />
(4) BILINGUAL CONVERSATION create an environment to learn from each other adult and children."<br />
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[See also Knee High Media: http://www.khmj.com/contact ]<br />
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[via: http://a-small-lab.com/projects/look-a-round ]
design  children  education  japan  tokyo  magazines  glvo  bilingual  green  learning  environment  handsonlearning  play  from delicious
september 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 />
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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 />
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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
a reGeneration (a unique documentary from leave it better) by Graham Meriwether — Kickstarter
"All across the world, youth are beginning to take action. <br />
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Kids are building gardens, sharing stories, inspiring friends and family to change the way we relate to our food, to our community and ultimately, to our planet. <br />
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Our unique documentary project provides children with gardening supplies and cameras, and allows them to share the story as they learn to compost, plant seeds and ultimately harvest food they've grown themselves. <br />
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Throughout the project, footage will be shared on Leave It Better, so you can follow the incredibly inspiring youth who are the stars and co-directors of our documentary. <br />
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Starting in New York City, we will see the story grow organically as kids share stories with other youth gardeners in other states, countries, and continents.  <br />
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In the 2010-2011 school year, our pilot/research year, we've given gardens and cameras to 10 schools in New York…"
film  activism  food  green  documentary  via:alexpappas  children  kickstarter  gardening  gardens  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
Small Wooden Shoe: Upper Toronto
"Upper Toronto is science fiction design proposal to build a new city in the sky above Toronto. <br />
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Imagine a city resting on the Bay Street towers or the CN Tower as a walk up restuarant.<br />
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Once Upper Toronto is finished, Lower Toronto will be abondoned and turned into a combination of national park, farmland and intentional ruin.<br />
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This is, of course, a terrible idea.<br />
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But it’s a terrible idea that allows us to imagine a new city. To ask what would happen if, knowing what we now know, we could start fresh.<br />
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While clearly infeasible, it is important that all the proposals that make up Upper Toronto are good ones, even if forced relocation to the sky is not.<br />
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This has to be a city that we, the people planning it, want to live in."
toronto  uppertoronto  activism  green  speculativedesign  design  architecture  urban  urbanplanning  cities  timmaly  jacobzimmer  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
ariane prin: from here for here [via: http://blog.radandhungry.com/post/7387757503/from-here-for-here-pencils-made-by-royal-college ]
"french designer ariane prin has created 'from here for here' as a part of her master's program at the royal college of art. with the aim of supplying drawing tools for students, this project produces pencils sustainably by using waste from various departments of the school: each writing utensil has a center filled with graphite from the glass department, and its body comprised of sawdust from the wood workshop, clay from the ceramic department, and flour from the cafeteria. aligning human activities with environmental principles, this efficient production process makes use of available materials and can be adapted to various contexts.<br />
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as prin explains, 'the 'from here for here' project include two main issues:<br />

1. create useful products specific to a site from the waste generated there.
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2. the legitimacy of creating new objects by keeping the enjoyment of making without the guilt.'"
design  art  green  pencils  recycling  arianeprin  officesupplies  make  making  fabrication  materials  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
Getting It Right: What Is Brad Pitt Really Doing for New Orleans? - Cities - GOOD
"When Brad Pitt showed up to help fix New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward, it raised hope—and eyebrows. Is his high-design, low-income green housing project what the neighborhood needs? GOOD investigates."
architecture  green  community  neworleans  williammcdonough  katrina  reconstruction  leed  ninthward  makeitright  design  housing  homes  nola  from delicious
april 2011 by robertogreco
OpenEcology | Home
"We believe that everyone in the world should have access to the technologies they need to escape poverty and generate natural wealth for themselves and their communities.  This belief compels us to put together a free and open information resources that explains how to convert sunlight and land into food, shelter, energy and fabrication capacity for oneself and one's community.  By reducing the amount of time people must put aside to meet their own material needs, OpenEcology enables people to spend more time developing their own unique skills, generate more economic value and become more active participants in their own communities as well as our collective social evolution."
ecology  opensource  sustainability  green  open  openecology  technology  development  from delicious
january 2011 by robertogreco
BIG architects: vilhelmsro primary school
"copenhagen-based BIG architects have unveiled their design of 'vilhelmsro primary school', an academic facility which focuses their curriculum on nature and sustainability in asminderoed, denmark. taking the undulating hillside of the site as a point of departure, the design features a series of bands which pleat and crisscross to merge with the surrounding topography.<br />
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the oscillating roofline is experienced from both the inside and the outside. outdoor green terraces and courtyard spaces are generated in between buildings. though all one-storey, the alternating peaks and ceiling heights allow natural daylight to stream into every class room. the sod makeup facilitates passive energy measures such as mitigating heat island effect, acting as thermal mass and evaporative cooling qualities. rain water runoff is reduced, collected and stored for non-potable usage. cross-ventilation is also encouraged through operable windows and overlapping openings."
architecture  schooldesign  design  education  learning  schools  children  sustainability  nature  topography  landscape  light  green  big  bjarkeingels  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
A City in the Cloud: Living PlanIT Redefines Cities as Software | Fast Company
"Living PlanIT (pronounced “planet”) is the brainchild of Steve Lewis and Malcolm Hutchinson, a pair of IT veterans who met when Lewis was still a top executive on the .NET team at Microsoft. Their ambition is twofold: to build a prototype smart, green city in Portugal that can be rolled out worldwide, and to drag the construction industry into the 21st century.<br />
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The latter may be the more audacious of the two. While plenty of companies have jumped on the smarter city bandwagon (as I’ve written about ad nauseum), no one has sought to make the construction business look more like the technology one."
architecture  urban  urbanism  cities  planning  technology  livingplanit  stevelewis  malcolmhutchinson  construction  portugal  green  density  sustainability  smartcities  via:cityofsound  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
The Viridian Design Movement
"The items that you use incessantly, the items you employ every day, the normal, boring goods that don't seem luxurious or romantic: these are the critical ones. They are truly central. The everyday object is the monarch of all objects. It's in your time most, it's in your space most. It is "where it is at," & it is "what is going on."

[I must have this bookmarked in some other way or with some other URL, but doing so again doesn't hurt. Update: Yup. Here it is: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/18/viridianisms-last-no.html ]
future  futurism  brucesterling  consumerism  culture  design  environment  simplicity  sustainability  happiness  life  lifestyle  technology  green  advice  2008  slow  stuff  qualityoverquantity  philosophy  things  viridian 
july 2010 by robertogreco
Worldchanging: Bright Green: Seeing Past the BP Spill
"Shouldn't a site whose purpose is to explore solutions to planetary problems be all over the planet's most visible current problem?
climate  worldchanging  energy  green  bp  gulfoilspill  oil  sustainability  systems  economics  alexsteffen  infrastructure 
july 2010 by robertogreco
Small Is Beautiful - Wikipedia [see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._F._Schumacher]
"Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered is a collection of essays by British economist E. F. Schumacher. The phrase "Small Is Beautiful" came from a phrase by his teacher Leopold Kohr.[1] It is often used to champion small, appropriate technologies that are believed to empower people more, in contrast with phrases such as "bigger is better"."
anarchism  books  consumerism  simplicity  consumption  culture  small  green  environment  economics  decentralization  sustainability  technology  toread  via:roberthinsch  efschumacher  scale  humanscale 
june 2010 by robertogreco
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
"Perpetual economic growth is neither possible nor desirable. Growth, especially in wealthy nations, is already causing more problems than it solves.
civilization  biodiversity  education  sustainability  environment  economics  economy  ecology  conservation  money  policy  politics  growth  green  bailout  recession  well-being 
may 2010 by robertogreco
Anarcho-primitivism - Wikipedia
"Anarcho-primitivism is an anarchist critique of the origins and progress of civilization. According to anarcho-primitivism, the shift from hunter-gatherer to agricultural subsistence gave rise to social stratification, coercion, and alienation. Anarcho-primitivists advocate a return to non-"civilized" ways of life through deindustrialisation, abolition of the division of labour or specialization, and abandonment of large-scale organization technologies. There are other non-anarchist forms of primitivism, and not all primitivists point to the same phenomenon as the source of modern, civilized problems."
activism  anarchism  anarchy  civilization  philosophy  society  sociology  politics  alternative  primitivism  luddism  deindustrialization  thoreau  derrickjensen  unibomber  theodorekaczynski  environmentalism  violence  technology  green 
may 2010 by robertogreco
wish jar : a plan for change (a bit of a social rant)
"There are some things that we know for sure, we must use less energy, we must eliminate our dependence on oil, we must create less waste, we can make many choices that can lessen our impact. The bottom line is, "I need to FEEL like I am doing the best job that I can." And right now that means going a LOT further. For me, using green light bulbs and shopping locally is not enough. And as we said before, "If WE don't do it, then how can we expect others to do it too.""
kerismith  green  life  environment  reuse  sustainability 
may 2010 by robertogreco
a m l - want to look ahead? look around instead.
"when new high-tech & high-priced gizmos like kindle & its much hipper cousin ipad came out, the blogosphere was very excited. nevermind that hacker websites from russia to south america have been scanning & posting pdfs for consumption of rest of the world that does not have a library around the corner nor easy access to jstor et al. the ipad is not the revolution, digital text is. it is less important how you read it, than the possibility of being able to read it at all! ingenuity finds uses for technology other than those originally intended, & this often happens because of need. think of cell phones used as micro loan mechanisms in india. think of the development of the bus rapid transit system in curitiba, transforming the bus into a dedicated line system resulting in an affordable mass transportation system that has been replicated in several cities in south america. christopher hawtorne thinks we should look at medellin… he is, of course, a bit late, but hey, we’ll take it."
thestreetwillfindause  medellin  colombia  india  streetuse  technology  ipad  kindle  libraries  text  digitaltext  anamaríaleón  cities  suburbia  travel  jetset  sustainability  green  latinamerica  southamerica  jaimelerner  pdf  learning  information  hacks  hacking  microloans  rapidtransit  christopherhawthorne  architecture  urban  urbanism  planning  future  decline  invention  thefutureishere 
may 2010 by robertogreco
casa ti eco friendly Modern Prefab House Kit by David Day
"This is not green building for huge-home fashionista types.
architecture  green  housing  homes  prefab  modular  via:blackbeltjones 
april 2010 by robertogreco
Design - The Toxic Side of Being, Literally, Green - NYTimes.com
"Kermit was correct, being green really is tough, so tough that the color itself fails dismally. The cruel truth is that most forms of the color green, the most powerful symbol of sustainable design, aren’t ecologically responsible, and can be damaging to the environment.
green  colors  iron  toxicity  contamination  pollution  sustainability 
april 2010 by robertogreco
C.I.C.L.E. :: Bicycle Lifestyle, Community, and Education :: Bicycle Classes, Bicycle Rides, Lifestyle Workshops
"Cyclists Inciting Change thru Live Exchange (C.I.C.L.E.) is a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles working to promote the bicycle as a viable, healthy, and sustainable transportation choice."
losangeles  bikes  biking  transportation  cycling  activism  advocacy  environment  green  sustainability  community  pasadena  eaglerock 
april 2010 by robertogreco
The Real Answer Is Less, Not Green - Underpaid Genius
"Not only buy less, buy use less: less energy and less water, and produce less garbage.
stoweboyd  devinleonard  countergrowth  economics  finance  change  gamechanging  green  consumerism  consumption  simplicity  complexity  environment  sustainability 
april 2010 by robertogreco
Victory Gardens San Diego
activism  urbangardening  sustainability  tcsnmy  sandiego  botany  food  gardening  green  csl 
march 2010 by robertogreco
The Nobelity Project - What you do, where you are, matters. -Desmond Tutu
"What We Do
education  nonprofit  disruption  philanthropy  green  activism  environment  aid  poverty  global  energy  humanitarian  enlightenment  power  film  future  international  austin 
february 2010 by robertogreco
How slums can save the planet « Prospect Magazine
"Sixty million people in the developing world are leaving the countryside every year. The squatter cities that have emerged can teach us much about future urban living"
mikedavis  economics  poverty  demographics  sprawl  urbanism  infrastructure  population  climatechange  green  environment  urban  cities  energy  slums  density  stewartbrand 
february 2010 by robertogreco
IALA » Green the New Alternative in Education by Peter Wieczorek
"Schools have been involved in environmental education and the “Green Movement” for nearly 40 years now, but now with advances in technology and connections with the internet schools and students are able to connect, create and learn in ways that were not possible in the past. Several sites of interest are available that either directly or indirectly deal with “Green” and environmental topics in education."
green  sustainability  schools  schooldesign  tcsnmy  environment 
february 2010 by robertogreco
FORA.tv - Stewart Brand: Rethinking Green
via: http://anti-mega.com/antimega/2010/01/19/more-science-needed
stewartbrand  longnow  bighere  alexanderrose  green  sustainability  science  data  technology  problemsolving  climatechange  energy  nuclear  geneticallymofifiedfoods  geneticallyengineeredfood  genetics  engineering  electricity  geoengineering 
january 2010 by robertogreco
Project H Design: A Non-Profit Organization Supporting Life-Improving Humanitarian Product Design
"Project H Design connects the power of design to the people who need it most, and the places where it can make a real and lasting difference.
humanitarian  education  design  architecture  social  community  environment  sustainability  africa  products  activism  green  charity  product  collaboration  innovation  nonprofit  agency  development  projecth  projecthdesign  emilypilloton  designthinking  good  socialdesign 
january 2010 by robertogreco
Built to Last - The Slow Issue - GOOD
"As an inventor, Saul Griffith has spent a lot of time thinking about how to make useful things. Griffith developed innovative designs for low-cost prescription glasses and energy-producing kites, founded the DIY website Instructables, and created a comprehensive carbon calculator called WattzOn. He was also awarded a MacArthur “genius” grant in 2007. Recently, onstage at high-profile conferences such as TED and PopTech, Griffith has been arguing that we need to stop buying things and then throwing them away so quickly. In short, we need more “heirloom design.”"
glvo  heirloomdesign  saulgriffith  slow  slowdesign  philosophy  green  sustainability  design  lego 
january 2010 by robertogreco
Art Meets Energy Consumption Visualization (in Helsinki) - information aesthetics
"Inspired by the Ars Electronica Golden Nica-winning Nuage Vert project, Pixelache, an informally organised network of electronic art festivals, and Helsingin Energia, one of the largest energy companies in Finland, are collaborating to produce artworks related to the collective energy consumption in the Helsinki area. A selection of artists were invited to submit proposals for artworks, of which the very best will be built within the public space in Helsinki or presented as online web projects. The proposals for these artworks can be found at the "Art & Energy" [pixelache.ac] webpage."
helsinki  energy  visualization  electricity  design  art  green  installation  finland  consumption  power 
january 2010 by robertogreco
Op-Ed Columnist - The Happiest People - NYTimes.com
"Cross-country comparisons of happiness are controversial and uncertain. But what does seem quite clear is that Costa Rica’s national decision to invest in education rather than arms has paid rich dividends. Maybe the lesson for the United States is that we should devote fewer resources to shoring up foreign armies and more to bolstering schools both at home and abroad."
conversation  happiness  society  culture  education  economics  psychology  environment  military  trends  nicholaskristof  costarica  tourism  americas  green  2010  well-being  priorities 
january 2010 by robertogreco
After this 60-year feeding frenzy, Earth itself has become disposable | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian
"in its practical effects, consumerism is a totalitarian system: it permeates every aspect of our lives. Even our dissent from the system is packaged up & sold to us in the form of anti-consumption consumption, like the "I'm not a plastic bag"...supposed to replace disposable carriers but was mostly used once or twice before it fell out of fashion, or...lucrative new books on how to live without money. George Orwell & Aldous Huxley proposed different totalitarianisms: 1 sustained by fear, the other in part by greed. Huxley's nightmare has come closer to realisation...So how do we break this system? How do we pursue happiness & wellbeing rather than growth?...we have 1000s of people each clamouring to have their own visions adopted. We might come together for occasional rallies & marches, but as soon as we start discussing alternatives, solidarity is shattered by possessive individualism. Consumerism has changed all of us. Our challenge is now to fight a system we have internalised."
future  environment  green  consumerism  ecology  georgemonbiot  greed  aldoushuxley  georgeorwell  individualism  competitiveness  possessiveness  well-being  growth  gdp  economics  sustainability  society  culture  gamechanging 
january 2010 by robertogreco
How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room | Mark Lynas | Environment | The Guardian
"Copenhagen was a disaster. That much is agreed. But the truth about what actually happened is in danger of being lost amid the spin and inevitable mutual recriminations. The truth is this: China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack Obama, and insisted on an awful "deal" so western leaders would walk away carrying the blame. How do I know this? Because I was in the room and saw it happen. ... Copenhagen was much worse than just another bad deal, because it illustrated a profound shift in global geopolitics. This is fast becoming China's century, yet its leadership has displayed that multilateral environmental governance is not only not a priority, but is viewed as a hindrance to the new superpower's freedom of action. I left Copenhagen more despondent than I have felt in a long time. After all the hope and all the hype, the mobilisation of thousands, a wave of optimism crashed against the rock of global power politics, fell back, and drained away."
politics  environment  change  international  barackobama  climate  china  globalwarming  climatechange  copenhagen  economy  geopolitics  blame  2009  global  green  un 
december 2009 by robertogreco
Literary Review - Grow up, Greens! - Bryan Appleyard on Whole Earth Discipline by Stewart Brand
"Climate change really means Mother Nature is preparing to rid herself of humans. If we are to survive, we can no longer worship her, we must fight back with smart weapons. So we have to embrace nuclear - there is no other source of clean energy which can sustain our societies - and genetically engineered 'Frankenfoods'. Ideally, these would be synthesised in laboratories. Farming, as Lovelock has pointed out, is a planetary catastrophe, stripping out biodiversity and filling the atmosphere with the methane from cow farts.
stewartbrand  environmentalism  sustainability  environment  culture  green 
december 2009 by robertogreco
Alternative Apparel
design  organic  t-shirts  green  tshirts  screenprinting  glvo  silkscreen 
december 2009 by robertogreco
Forest Kindergarten at Waldorf School in Saratoga Springs - NYTimes.com
"Schools around the country have been planting gardens and planning ever more elaborate field trips in hopes of reconnecting children with nature. The forest kindergarten at the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs is one of a handful in the United States that are taking that concept to another level: its 23 pupils, ages 3 ½ to 6, spend three hours each day outside regardless of the weather. This in a place where winter is marked by snowdrifts and temperatures that regularly dip below freezing."
education  teaching  kindergarten  environment  outdoors  nature  green  forest  environmentaleducation  unschooling  deschooling  exploration  children 
december 2009 by robertogreco
Transition Culture
"How might our response to peak oil and climate change look more like a party than a protest march? This site explores the emerging transition model in its many manifestations"
design  culture  politics  sustainability  activism  climatechange  peakoil  permaculture  energy  development  change  transition  community  green  urban  cities  economics  environment  ecology  climate 
november 2009 by robertogreco
Tricycle Round Up: Three Wheels Better than Two? : TreeHugger
"Pedal propulsion is as revered as solar and wind power at TreeHugger. But highly efficient human propelled transport isn’t limited to two wheeled bicycles. Oh, no siree. You can equally enjoy many of the same benefits, (and others) with three wheels. After a trawl through our archives we’ve rounded up a mob of tricycles for your viewing pleasure. (Pedal powered quad bikes also coming soon.)" More here: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/tricycle-round-up-three-wheels-better-than-two.php?page=2 and here: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/tricycle-round-up-three-wheels-better-than-two.php?page=3
bikes  biking  tricycles  sustainability  green  trikes  environment 
november 2009 by robertogreco
Natural Fuse : home / map
"Natural Fuse creates a city-wide network of electronically-assisted plants that act both as energy providers and as circuit breakers.
usmanhaque  design  art  science  community  green  electronics  sensors  plants  city  network  carbon  situated  energy 
november 2009 by robertogreco
Bruce Mau on “Yes is More” | GlimmerSite
"If we are ever to achieve the ambition of the environmental movement, we have to get beyond “No!”, face the problem directly, and define what “Yes!” would look like, and not simply continue to hope that one day we will somehow collectively wake to a world of altruistic people who reject the car. “No” is not the answer. Yes is more."
brucemau  environment  change  design  cars  transportation  green 
november 2009 by robertogreco
John Gerzema: The post-crisis consumer | Video on TED.com
"John Gerzema says there's an upside to the recent financial crisis -- the opportunity for positive change. Speaking at TEDxKC, he identifies four major cultural shifts driving new consumer behavior and shows how businesses are evolving to connect with thoughtful spending."
trends  johngerzema  community  volunteerism  crisis  ideas  consumer  ted  consumerism  values  savings  conspicuousconsumption  quality  transparency  business  travel  mobility  liquidity  value  libraries  cable  sharing  lending  learning  education  continuingeducation  diy  urbanfarming  sustainability  infrastructure  environment  creditcards  cooperation  trust  crowdsourcing  artisinal  glvo  localcurrency  green  consumption  kogi  carrotmobs  incentives  twitter  ethics  fairplay  empathy  respect 
october 2009 by robertogreco
The Fixer's Collective
"The Fixers' Collective is a social experiment in improvisational fixing and mending that grew out of the yearlong exhibition at Proteus Gowanus entitled MEND. The Collective meets every Thursday evening from 6-9 pm at Proteus Gowanus.
sustainability  diy  green  nyc  brooklyn  repair  crafts  experiment  community  lcproject 
october 2009 by robertogreco
Slow Home
"Slow Home was launched in fall 2006 from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Our goal is simple: to help people learn about the principles of good residential design and how to apply them in a variety of real world situations. We provide the basic knowledge and skills necessary for people to become more informed residential consumers and empower them to make smarter choices about where and how they live."
blogs  homes  design  architecture  slow  cities  green  housing  urbanism  longnow  sustainability  realestate  environment  lifestyle 
october 2009 by robertogreco
Worldchanging: Bright Green: Planetary Boundaries and The Failure of Environmentalism
"Small steps, personal responsibility. incremental reform, gradually better standards, 50-year targets for action -- most of the solutions offered in the green tool chest right now are, unfortunately, completely insufficient. Not insufficient in the sense that we'd like them to be better in a perfect world: insufficient in the sense that if we do them all, we still face a strong possibility of planetary catastrophe and the collapse of civilization.
alexsteffen  psychology  worldchanging  change  environment  sustainability  green  socialism  global  environmentalism  climate  resilience  systems  ecology  earth 
october 2009 by robertogreco
Worldchanging: Bright Green: Bright Green, Light Green, Dark Green, Gray: The New Environmental Spectrum
"What is bright green? In its simplest form, bright green environmentalism is a belief that sustainable innovation is the best path to lasting prosperity, and that any vision of sustainability which does not offer prosperity and well-being will not succeed. In short, it's the belief that for the future to be green, it must also be bright. Bright green environmentalism is a call to use innovation, design, urban revitalization and entrepreneurial zeal to transform the systems that support our lives." Goes on to define light green environmentalists, dark greens, and grays"
environment  worldchanging  sustainability  environmentalism  activism  green  alexsteffen  consumerism  ecology  branding  glossary 
september 2009 by robertogreco
Heavy Petal: Gardening: from a West Coast, urban, organic perspective.
urban  landscape  gardening  diy  activism  food  vancouver  green  westcoast  nature  environment  plants  blogs  tcsnmy  urbanfarming  urbangardening  csl 
september 2009 by robertogreco
Smarter Cities
'When thinking about the urban environment, more often than not problems come first to mind. Less commonly thought about is the potential presented by cities, potential to rethink and reshape their environments responsibly. Today urban leaders—mayors, businesses and community organizations—are in the environmental vanguard, making upgrades to transportation infrastructure, zoning, building codes, and waste management programs as well as improving access to open space, green jobs, affordable efficient housing and more. If they succeed in making their cities more efficient, responsible and sustainable, what will result will be smarter places for business and healthier places to live. Smarter Cities, a project of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a non-profit, is a multimedia web initiative whose mission is to foster a little friendly competition as well as provide a forum for exploring the progress American cities are making in environmental stewardship & sustainable growth."
transportation  urbanism  green  environment  sustainability  cities  urban  rankings  sandiego  portland  oregon  losangeles  seattle  design  planning  resources 
september 2009 by robertogreco
depave.org
"Depave has been created to inspire and promote the removal of unnecessary concrete and asphalt from urban areas. Depave is a project of City Repair, a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, USA."
portland  activism  environment  green  gardening  community  oregon  depave  via:javierarbona  cities 
september 2009 by robertogreco
The positive energy of counterfactuals: a rejected essay for Howies « Magical Nihilism
"Instead of a space race, an earth race…
future  mattjones  geoengineering  environment  world  scifi  ecology  earth  creativity  politics  china  2009  webstock  technology  space  green  local  gamechanging  engineering  science  sciencefiction 
september 2009 by robertogreco
A Manifesto for the Planet § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
"On most enviro issues, a lot is going to be played out in developing world...where major needs & crises are...where there is ability to radically rethink things. We’ve seen this w/ cellphones. Wait ‘til those folks get a hold of synthetic biology...fundamental difference btwn Greens who automatically distrust technology & Turquoises who look at [it] as a potential tool...Greens are typically worriers...Turquoises...interested in opportunity...worry first vs worry later dichotomy...online annotated version...sections of every chapter that are footnoted will be immersed in research material with lots of live links & photos, diagrams, charts...keep updating the book...If most of the things that I point at in the book are pursued full on, we’d have a pretty good chance, but I’m not sure that it’s going to play out. It’s not bad people. There’s just a lot of momentum that we’ve built up going in directions that are now understood to be harmful and are getting more so as time goes by."
stewartbrand  environment  wholeearthcatalog  change  technology  problemsolving  climate  history  future  books  gamechanging  optimism  green  turquoise 
september 2009 by robertogreco
Top Twenty Finalists « ReBurbia
design  architecture  future  planning  urban  cities  sustainability  transportation  suburbs  suburbia  reburbia  infrastructure  urbanism  green  sprawl  suburban  futurism  competition  ideas  energy 
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
100 Responses to We Wont Fly For Art | Furtherfield Blog
art  ecology  flying  green  environment  activism  via:regine 
july 2009 by robertogreco
SNAKEBIT_ BIG BEARD FILMS
"A documantary film on renown architect Samuel Mockbee and the spirit of the Rural Studio"

[Now redirects to: http://www.citizenarchitectfilm.com/ ]
mockbee  architecture  design  ruralstudio  documentary  alabama  auburn  film  sustainability  green  education  activism  universities  collaboration  altgdp 
july 2009 by robertogreco
The Suburban General Store -- R&DAR Michael Piper, Frank Ruchala, Tom Alberty, Pippa Brashear
"The Suburban General Store is a fun and logical strategy for for saving fuel by introducing commercial use into America's residential suburbs." See also: http://rad-ar.com/files/Suburban_General_Store_Web.pdf AND http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20090513/the-suburban-general-store Via: http://blog.neo-nomad.net/the-suburban-general-store/1515/
suburbs  suburbia  green  reinvention  retail  commerce  local  transportation  planning  sustainability  change  reform  design  energy 
june 2009 by robertogreco
GM Car Dealerships Closing - 4 Ways to Use Old Car Dealerships - thedailygreen.com
"From new town centers to public art projects -- there is potential in the demise of 1,100 GM dealerships and nearly 800 Chrysler dealerships."
urban  reuse  future  urbanism  industry  green  food  autoindustry  dealerships  adaptive 
may 2009 by robertogreco
The Mission and Guiding Principles of The Earth School
"To recognize the wonder and importance of the world and its inhabitants, to enrich our lives, to make wise decisions, we are guided by the following questions:
missionstatements  schools  nyc  environment  green  teaching  learning  guidingquestions  children  tcsnmy  progressive 
may 2009 by robertogreco
unconsumption [wiki here: http://unconsumption.pbworks.com/]
"Consumption = word used to describe acts of acquisition...of things, in exchange for money. Unconsumption is a word used to describe everything that happens after an act of acquisition...an invisible badge...accomplishment of properly recycling your old cellphone, rather than the guilt of letting it sit in a drawer...thrill of finding a new use for something you were about to throw away...pleasure of using a service like Freecycle to find a new home for the functioning VCR you just replaced, rather than throwing it in garbage...enjoying things you own to the fullest – not just at moment of acquisition...pleasure of using a pair of sneakers until they are truly worn out – as opposed to nagging feeling of defeat when they simply go out of style...feeling good about simple act of turning off lights when you leave room...not about rejection or demonization of things...not a bunch of rules...an idea, set of behaviors, way of thinking about consumption itself from a new perspective...free."
unconsumption  sustainability  consumption  consumerism  design  culture  trends  green  recycling  simplicity  luxury  value  unproduct  upcycling  beausage  plannedlongevity  thriftiness  thrifting  thrift  glvo  diy  make  dowithout  wabi-sabi 
may 2009 by robertogreco
Get Great Gadgets. And Keep Them. - Last Year's Model
"We love cool gadgets as much as anybody else. We just want to be thoughtful about the stuff we've bought. Even the most cutting-edge, tech-savvy geeks in the world are choosing to hang on to their phones or their iPods that still work just fine."
gadgets  technology  environment  frugality  consumerism  sustainability  electronics  reuse  culture  green  possessions 
may 2009 by robertogreco
Victory Gardens San Diego!
"Victory Gardens San Diego is a collaborative effort of many individuals and several gardening, farming, educational and food-justice groups"
sandiego  food  gardening  urbangardening  sustainability  green  tcsnmy  activism 
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
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
10 ways the new economy will look different | csmonitor.com
"1 Value as the new virtue 2 Return of the tightwad 3 Ebay America 4 Money in the mattresses 5 The new big three 6 The movable résumé 7 'Green New Deal' 8 Stodgy is chic 9 D.I.Y. Investing 10 Bust of the Boomtowns” -- It's getting crowded in here.
crisis  2009  collapse  finance  frugality  prudence  whatsoldisnew  autoindustry  banking  life  simplicity  slow  cv  value  diy  making  make  money  us  green  energy  bust 
april 2009 by robertogreco
In Detroit, Artists Look For Renewal In Foreclosures : NPR
"Then they set their sights on the foreclosed house down the street — a working class, wood frame, single family house that was listed for sale for $1,900. The house had been trashed by scrappers who stole everything, including the copper plumbing, radiators and electrical lines. Still, they decided to buy it and turn it into what Cope calls the "Power House Project." ... instead of putting it all back and connecting to the grid, we wanted to keep it off the grid and get enough solar and wind turbines and batteries to power this house and power the next-door house""
detroit  homes  housing  green 
march 2009 by robertogreco
Architecture of Bling | varnelis.net
"Take a look at this table of 15 skyscrapers that are on hold due to the economic "crisis." Many of these are quite curvy, giving the impression that they are dancing or swaying in the wind. Now first of all, this conceit seems rather pathetic: skyscrapers don't dance and they don't sway in the wind, so why should they look like they do?
kazysvarnelis  architecture  design  bling  excess  green  crisis  boom  flash  skyscrapers 
march 2009 by robertogreco
Kim Beck I Ideal Cities I Works
"Using images of architecture and landscape, Kim Beck makes drawings, prints, paintings and installations that survey peripheral and suburban spaces. Her work urges a reconsideration of the built environment - the peculiar street signs, gas station banners, overgrown weeded lots, and self-storage buildings — bringing the banal and everyday into focus."
kimbeck  artists  nature  green  design  landscape  sculpture  architecture  installation  portfolios  art  cardboard  glvo  via:reas  cities  suburbs  publicstorage  space  builtenvironment 
february 2009 by robertogreco
Compostmodern 09: Saul Griffith Runs the Numbers - Core77
"we need to start thinking about "heirloom design," one great object that lasts you a lifetime" ... "Griffith says there are enough consumers, bloggers and keen eyeballs out there to call out the all the greenwashing right away. But then someone asks a question about the changing client-designer relationship in light of the fact that you might tell them not to make something. "Your client is not the client anymore," Griffith scolds. "The planet is the client." Which means you might have to change the expectations about your career: You're not going to do 64 blockbuster products." See also: http://www.dwell.com/daily/blog/40065402.html
saulgriffith  energy  consumption  green  sustainability  design  undesign  unproduct  heirloomdesign  future  greenwashing  plannedlongevity  change  gamechanging  compostmodern09 
february 2009 by robertogreco
San Diego cleantech map | Xconomy
"San Diego cleantech map—In mid-2007, the U.C. San Diego Extension’s GlobalConnect compiled a comprehensive list of clean technology companies in the greater San Diego area and used it to produce this map."
sandiego  cleantech  technology  sustainability  maps  mapping  business  green 
february 2009 by robertogreco
howies - brainfood - Technology is not the enemy [Russell Davies]
"Technology is not the enemy. Inattention and waste are the enemy. If you don’t notice your footprints you won’t clean them up. So remember to take notes and use whatever tools can to keep you paying attention." via: http://magicalnihilism.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/do-ism/
russelldavies  technology  observation  walkit  pachube  wattson  interestingness  attention  sustainability  waste  green  tcsnmy  classideas 
february 2009 by robertogreco
Tarp Hat - The Real Deal: Made In Brazil
"The Real Deal is made in Brazil of recycled canvas tarpaulins from cargo trucks used for transporting goods. Every hat is truly one of a kind as no two are the same. Each hat has its own unique character. Made from various colors of tarp, these hats may have patches, seams, holes, or even Portuguese writing. These hats are hand sewn by Brazilian villagers and reflect the true craftsmanship of the locals.
clothing  green  recycled  travel  brasil  sustainability  unproduct 
february 2009 by robertogreco
Technomadia [via: http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5544]
"We’re two gen-X geeks who are fulltime nomads synthesizing technology in with our journey. Chris gave up his apartment in San Francisco in April 2006 to begin his nomadic journey. Along the way, we found each other and in May 2007, set off together on a 7 month road trip in a 2006 Tab Clamshell, tricked out with solar power.
neo-nomads  nomads  technomadia  mobility  travel  green  sustainability  environmentalism  simplicity  technology  etech  2009 
january 2009 by robertogreco
the Nomad yurt by ECOSHACK
via: http://www.dwell.com/daily/blog/37117434.html
homes  housing  nomads  yurts  neo-nomads  architecture  design  green  sustainability  environment  shelter 
january 2009 by robertogreco
The Biggest Ponzi Scheme of Them All - O'Reilly Radar
"it's increasingly looking like we're going to be stuck here with only one world's resources to draw on ... most reasonable people are aware that we're using up much of our children's inheritance, and handing them debt in exchange, I don't think as a society we've really come to grips with the consequence of that knowledge ... It's clear that getting to a steady-state economy will be hard, perhaps even impossible (although it's worth noting that living systems have accomplished that feat.) But what a challenge! How do we keep the dynamism of modern capitalist economies without borrowing from the future? What does it mean to keep the real costs of what we consume on the balance sheet? Will the economy of the future be built on aesthetic value exchange (the whuffie of Cory Doctorow's imagination), with renewable energy in harness and physical materials seamlessly recycled. Great questions, great opportunities for us to invent the answers!"
timoreilly  sustainability  green  environment  economics  future  bernardmadoff  growth  recession  consumption  2009  bailout  anxiety  capitalism  money  development  ponzischemes  resources  crisis  energy  finance  us  world  global  society  change  gamechanging 
january 2009 by robertogreco
Actions List | CCA Actions
"Actions: What You Can Do With the City presents 99 actions that instigate positive change in contemporary cities around the world.
future  design  cities  sustainability  urbanism  fun  green  via:adamgreenfield  tcsnmy  projectideas 
january 2009 by robertogreco
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