Green Living - Oct 9, 2011 - 0 Comments
Permaculture Solutions: “The Growing Edge”
In this short clip from, “Permaculture: The Growing Edge”, permaculture designer and teacher Starhawk talks to mycologist Paul Stamets and microbiologist Dr. Elaine Ingham about the permaculture solutions they’re developing as an antidote to environmental despair. Paul Stamets shows how the solutions to many of the issues that we face today related to pollution and…
Read more...Green Living - Oct 8, 2011 - 0 Comments
Mike Biddle: We know how to recycle plastic
Discarded plastic, too often, ends up buried or burned, not recycled (it’s just too complicated). But Mike Biddle has found a way to close the loop. Throwing water bottles into the recycling bin doesn’t begin to address the massive quantity of post consumer plastic that ends up in landfills and the ocean. Because it’s so…
Read more...Hands-On - Dec 7, 2011 - 0 Comments
Massive-scale online collaboration
Luis von Ahn builds systems that combine humans and computers to solve large-scale problems that neither can solve alone. Ahn is an associate professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and he’s at the forefront of the crowd sourcing craze. His work takes advantage of the ever growing Web-connected population to acheive collaboration in…
Read more...Hands-On - Dec 3, 2011 - 1 Comment
Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment
This short TED video is an amazing and inspirational example of open-source community-driven DIY (do-it-yourself) innovation and co-creation in gardening. If you live in an apartment, window farming makes great use of the sun’s productive energy. Britta Riley designs and builds urban farms and other participatory artworks that explore the city. She is an artist and…
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