Global Warming Nothing New - "Unchained Goddess" 1958 December 3, 2007
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We all know that global warming, or at least our knowledge of global warming, is nothing new. “It’s been an issue for years!” you might think. How about 50?
Check out this film by Frank Cappa from 1958. Seems like the original Inconvenient Truth!
William McDonough on new Cradle to Cradle Cities in China November 24, 2007
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This is incredible.
A TED Talk where William McDonough speaks about flaws in our usage of designs, and goes on to introduce his new design for cities and communities in China - unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.
Just prior in this clip, McDonough uses his incredible way with words to emphasize just how much we can learn from the ‘design’ of trees, especially with respect to architecture and civil planning:
“Imagine this design project:
Design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, provides habitat for hundred of species, accrues solar energy as fuel, makes complex sugars and food, creates microclimates, changes colors with the seasons, and self replicates.
Yeah…Why don’t we knock that down and write on it…”
Check out the entire Ted Talk here.
China: Red to Green November 11, 2007
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This from an ongoing PBS series about the economies of becoming environmentally conscious:
http://www.design-e2.com/
