You are Brilliant, and the Earth is Hiring Wed, 2009-06-03 17:55 — Healing or Stealing? The Commencement Address by Paul Hawken to the Class of 2009, University of Portland, May 3, 2009
Archive for November, 2009
Check out the Poodwaddle Clocks
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, Ecosphere, tagged earth stats, time on November 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Look at the stats at the world clock here http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf
Amazing 3D Mandelbulb Images
Posted in Building - Structures, Emergence, G. Levels: Developmental/Evolutionary, Level 9 Coral, tagged human hive on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
In thinking about cities as meshworks with fractal capacities — or fractals with meshwork qualities it’s amazing to see the new 3D Mandelbulb images that hint for me of the archtecture of the human hive. Check it out here http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html#renders
Ecocities Emerging
Posted in Building - Structures, Ecosphere, Level 6 Green, Level 7 Yellow, tagged eco-city on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
From the Eco-Cities Emerging Newsletter November 14, 2009: Greetings, Welcome to the mid November 2009 edition of Ecocities Emerging, an initiative of Ecocity Builders and the International Ecocity Conference Series. I’d like to share something inspiring that just happened. I had dinner with a man who saved the world! No exaggeration. Proves it can be [...]
Green Building Standard in Cascadia
Posted in Building - Structures, Ecosphere, Level 6 Green, Uncategorized, tagged Green building on November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
New Standard Addresses Social Justice, Urban Agriculture and Community Scale Impacts Download the challenge 2.0: www.ilbi.org (International Living Building Institute) Story: http://www.cityfarmer.info/?p=2643(Phoenix, AZ) Nov. 10, 2009 The newest iteration of the Living Building Challenge was released today at Greenbuild, the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual conference. The International Living Building Institute (ILBI), in conjunction [...]
Jim Garrison and Emilia Queiroga Announce Brazil Climate Change Commitments
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, Ecosphere, climate, tagged Climate change on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
This is just in from State of World Forum Leaders on Brazilian commitment to gold standard of climate change: BRAZIL AS CLIMATE LEADER – DO THE MATH As the world prepares for Copenhagen, there is a vacuum in climate leadership, which Brazil has just filled. The combination of its commitment to reduce Amazonian deforestation by [...]
