Archive for the ‘environmental’ category: Page 14
Jan 21, 2016
Expansive New Geometric Drawings Trampled in Snow and Sand by Simon Beck — By Christopher Jobson | Colossal
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, media & arts
“[A]rtist Simon Beck (previously) trudges across sand or through knee-high snow to create massive geometric drawings left behind in his footprints. From sandy expanses on the shore of New Zealand to frigid outlooks in the Swiss Alps, any pristine surface that stretches for hundreds of meters can work as a suitable canvas for Beck’s designs.”
Jan 10, 2016
Mars Utopia towers to terraform red planet into breathable environment
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: engineering, environmental, space
**Spanish architect Alberto Villanueva’s Mars Utopia concept would see the planet transformed into an inhabitable environment using towers formed by bacteria**
Villanueva, who works at Idea Architecture Office, created the project while completing a masters in Environment Design at London’s Ravensbourne College. “As an architect I am worried about the overpopulation issue”. “I was studying how the most populated cities around the world are growing non-stop. At the same time I realised that at least 30 per cent of territories are in extreme environments and I wanted to understand how, with my responsibility as an architect, I could think in new ways to build in these areas,” he added.
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Jan 1, 2016
Seeing daylight | The Economist
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, governance
Dec 3, 2015
Elon Musk: Only a Carbon Tax Will Accelerate the World’s Exit from Fossil Fuels — By Kirsten Korosec | Fortune
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: Elon Musk, environmental
“[O]nly a carbon tax—not innovation, conservation, or renewable energy—will accelerate the transition from carbon-producing fossil fuels to sustainable energy.”
Dec 2, 2015
A Big Win for Cheap, Clean Energy — By Bill Gates | The Gates Notes
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, energy, environmental, innovation, science
Nov 27, 2015
Storing solar, wind, and water energy underground could replace burning fuel | KurzweilAI
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: energy, environmental, solar power, water
Nov 17, 2015
The beauty of bikes — redesigning two wheels — By Rowan Moore | The Guardian
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, media & arts, transportation
“For bicycles are messengers. Picasso recognised that they carry meaning when he made a saddle and handlebars into a bull’s head, and Duchamp (in his case, non-meaning) when he put a bicycle wheel in an art gallery.”
Nov 6, 2015
Bikk McKibben on Obama’s Keystone XL Rejection: ‘The Tide Is Starting to Turn’ — By Tessa Stuart | Rolling Stone
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, policy
“McKibben calls Friday’s announcement a turning point in the fight against climate change”
Nov 3, 2015
Chile’s Atacama Desert Is Now a Floral Wonderland — By Meredith Carey | Condé Nast Traveler
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: astronomy, climatology, environmental, events, water
“After Chile’s heaviest rain in 20 years, the Atacama Desert has been transformed into a 600-mile-long bed of flowers.”
