The Troubling Rise in Global Automobile Ownership: An FAQ
We are part of the problem. | Create infographics What is the central issue of this FAQ paper? This FAQ paper addresses the global issue…
Read articleNuclear Energy on Hold: An Atomausstieg FAQ
(Image via Michaela) – – – What is “Atomausstieg”? The German term Atomausstieg [1] refers to the end of the production and use of nuclear energy…
Read articleRooftop Garden in Vancouver, first in North America
At 535 Richards Street, the first ever urban farming system is being built by a company called Alterrus. Crop production will occur year round, within a…
Read articleGeorge Monbiot’s Guardian piece about the futility of Rio is worth a solemn read.
“Descent,” Josh Keyes, 2011 George, in a piece entitled “After Rio, we know. Governments have given up on the planet“, pretty much nails it. The Rio+20…
Read articleThis Snow Globe has a Coal Plant and Emits Smog.
Called No Globe and also for sale at a price of £2000: “No Globes Mixed media snow globe H20 x W20 x D20cm The single greatest…
Read articleGarbaged plastic bottles repurposed for environmental art’s sake #coolfishsculpture
“As part of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) an enormous outdoor installation of fish was constructed using discarded plastic bottles on Botafogo beach in…
Read articlePhotos of invisible bicycles.
No sign of Wonder Woman though… “If you look closely, you’ll notice a pretty key element is missing from these photographs! China-born photographer Zhao Huasen created…
Read articleAngry Bergs: a kid’s video game where you try to melt those pesky icebergs to save your oil drill.
This is part of a larger site found at arcticready.com, and it is pretty clever. In other words, it’s an environmental campaign simed to draw attention…
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SENSibility: O Sole Rio
By Allen Sens,
Vancouver, 28 June, 2012. The Rio+20 conference has come and gone, and it is time to engage in punditry. As the dust settles over yet another…
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