Our Future Environment

It’s already well blogged, this vertical farming idea, and its currently the 8th most emailed article on the NYTimes.

Vertical farming is currently only conceptual and is the work of a Columbia professor, Dickson Despommier (of the apple trees) and his grad students. It begins with a skyscraper used to raise food such as fruit, vegetables, […]

Filed under: farm, city, future, environmental planning on July 16th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

This “auto-sufficient amphibious” city will mostly likely end up being some kind of eco-resort for the rich long before it becomes a refuge for the displaced. But oh I wish I could live on it now.
Each city-pad can sustain 50,000 inhabitants and includes plans for self-sustainable resources, zero or no co2 emissions, and obviously the […]

Filed under: city, lilypad, future, environmental planning on July 6th, 2008 | No Comments »