Double Bubble Trouble: Eric Janszen and NAU
Eric Janszen of iTulip and Harper’s Magazine forecasts the future of NAU…and it ain’t pretty.
25 Who Ditched Infotech for Cleantech
The always on-it earth2tech crew has a run-down of 25 entrepreneurs who crossed over from the bubblicious infotech markets to the verdant pastures of cleantech.
Interesting cast of characters, but who will give me the closed-loop solar/geothermal arctic phytotron fungi factory I’ve been asking Santa Claus about since I was a wee permaculturist?
Wendell Berry, Where Have You Been All My Life?
Article: Last week I wrote about an essay by Wendell Berry that I happened upon in the May 2008 issue of Harper’s. Since then, I’ve been searching for more by Mr. Berry and, I have to say, I’m bowled over at the moment.
I’ve been grabbing and reading everything that I can get my hands on that’s been written by Mr. Berry or remotely related to him by way of mention.
Greening the Desert
VIDEO: Geoff Lawton of the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia describes in this video how he took 10 acres of arid desert in Jordan and transformed it into a functioning garden.
Shaking the Fantasy w/ Harper’s Wendell Berry and ‘Faustian Economics’
Article: I was absolutely floored by Wendell Berry’s essay ‘Faustian Economics’ in the May issue of Harper’s Magazine. I’ve simply never had an author articulate my frustrations and misgivings so incisively.
Move Over CO2. HFC-23 is the New Suck.
Article: HFC-23 is perhaps the baddest gas of them all. Thing is, very few in today’s eco-press spill much ink in its name, so you’ve probably never heard of it. Welcome to the new suck.
In Search of Sustainable Interaction: IxDA
VIDEO: A group of experts culled together by the IxDA ruminate, ideate and pontificate on matters interactive.
Vertical Farm Project w/ Dr. Dickson Despommier
VIDEO: Not too long ago, Andy Mannle (editor of Arcwire) and I dropped in on Dr. Dickson Despommier up at Columbia University’s medical school to talk about his Vertical Farm Project. But wait a minute, you might be saying, why in the world would the man behind something like the Vertical Farm Project be up at Columbia’s medical school? Dig in to find out why.
Mobile Renewable Energy Panel
VIDEO: Mobile Energy Panel examines innovations in off-grid energy generation for electronic devices.
Mary Lou Jepsen at Greener Gadgets: XO Laptop Keynote
VIDEO: Mary Lou Jepsen talks about the technical innovations that went into the XO Laptop and the decisions that contributed to making it cheaper, longer-lasting and more energy efficient than the status quo.
