So. Freakin. Cool. Robert Full’s TED talk on “Secrets of Movement” and designing artificial feet for all-terrain robots. Once again the folks at TED are posting new talks from previous years. I think this completely rocks, for those of us keenly interested, but unable to attend. Unlike some similar conferences (many of which are, I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘environment’
Playing Footsie
Posted in design, environment, tech, wow, tagged design, environment, tech, wow on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Towards a Sustainable Environmentalism
Posted in activism, eco vs emo, economics, environment, philosophy, rant, tagged activism, eco vs emo, economics, environment, philosophy, rant on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Remember when nerds ran through the hallways of MIT chanting “The Ringworld is unstable! The Ringworld is unstable!”? OK, I don’t remember directly, as it was rather before I got there, but my realization today was equally shocking. Environmentalism isn’t sustainable, not the way it’s practiced currently. Let me tell you how I got [...]
50 Ways Quiz
Posted in activism, environment, making a difference, simple things, tagged activism, environment, making a difference, simple things on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Leo Babauta of the awesome Zen Habits blog has kicked off Blog Action Day with his 50 Simple Steps that anybody can do any day to be kinder and gentler to the environment. How many are part of your standard practice already? Take a shorter shower. Use a rag or hand towel instead of napkins [...]
what he said: “obsession with running all the cars”
Posted in activism, environment, sustainability, tagged activism, cars, environment, peak oil, sustainability on April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/50049/ “… We have to get beyond this obsession with running the cars by other means. The future is not just about motoring. We have to make other arrangements comprehensively for all the major activities of daily life in this nation. We’ll have to grow our food differently. The ADM/Monsanto/Cargill model of industrial-scale agribusiness will [...]
why I haven't donated to 'help save' the polar bear
Posted in activism, environment, tagged activism, environment on March 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dear NRDC, I often respond to your alerts and emails, but this one is different. I think you are being more than slightly disingenuous here. If the USA suddenly went into compliance with the Kyoto protocol, or even *ceased all* emissions (an impossibility), most reputable climate scientists agree that the results would take 3 – [...]
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