I just ordered this book, The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka. It was published in an English edition in 1978 and is considered influential to various ‘back to nature’ farming and gardening movements.
Fukuoka worked as a research scientist in Japan specializing in plant pathology but he eventually left his career in pursuit of understanding ‘nature’ […]
Filed under: farm, future, natural landscape on September 29th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week I visited a friend of mine, Luke, who lives in a co-op in New Cross, South London. The Sanford Co-op has been around since the early 1970s and is known for its sustainable energy use and communal atmosphere.
Up until last week everyone has claimed a bike parking space next to a tree, […]
Filed under: city, gardens, future, caves, environmental planning on June 22nd, 2009 | No Comments »
The other day my good friends Michael and Gregory and I were talking about zoo environments. I said something about how when I was a child I remember the school trips to the zoo and how much I loved watching the animals’ every move. I remember learning about how flamingos are less pink when they […]
Filed under: leisure, education, eco-tourism, future, fostering identity, goals on June 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
This video has been blogged about a couple of years ago but I just watched it via Facebook (from Matt C.). The clip below is from an “educational” 1967 film by Philco-Ford company titled 1999 A.D. The entire film shows different scenarios of how we would use technology in the future. This clip shows what […]
Filed under: future on June 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“When I had a car I was always tense. I’m much happier this way,” said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor.
Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of a […]
Filed under: city, future, environmental planning on May 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
“The plight of the Maldives poses an eschatological question as much as an environmental one. When will the world end? How can we prepare for it? In that respect, we are all Maldivians.
The islanders just happen to be among the first groups to contemplate these questions seriously. But that’s not to say each and […]
Filed under: eco-tourism, future, environmental planning on May 10th, 2009 | No Comments »
“In the tactile world, we use our five senses to take in information about our environment and respond to it, Maes explained. But a lot of the information that helps us understand and respond to the world doesn’t come from these senses. Instead, it comes from computers and the internet. Maes’ goal is to harness […]
Filed under: future on February 6th, 2009 | No Comments »
Even before Obama was president-elect, probably as soon as he secured the democratic nomination for President of the United States, I began thinking about how I would attend his inauguration. For me, Obama winning the election was more than just getting rid of Bush or buying into hype, it was the first time I had […]
Filed under: politics, future, fostering identity, observations and opinions on January 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
Filed under: future on January 17th, 2009 | No Comments »
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 | 3 Comments »
