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ANAI: 40 Years of Ecological Development in Costa Rica

December 2, 2021 By gmoke

I wonder how many people remember the New Alchemy Institute which, from 1969 to 1991, experimented with wind power, solar power, intensive regenerative agriculture, aquaculture, and many other ideas now becoming big business and a way out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agroforestry, aquaculture, ecological design, ecology, environment, Hatchville, New Alchemy Institute, sustainability

City Agriculture – November 14, 2021

November 14, 2021 By gmoke

Living the Noom - near net zero energy buildings with vertical forests https://www.yankodesign.com/2021/07/22/breathtaking-residential-building-in-mexico-comes-with-its-own-vertical-forest-and-solar-panels-on-its-terrace/ El Terreno - a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 09-boston-elections, agriculture, climate, ecology, energy, environment, food, gardening, sustainability

Energy Event: MIT Materials Day Symposium: Role of Materials in Addressing Climate Change & Sustainability

October 8, 2021 By gmoke

These kinds of events are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. The local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: calendar, climate, education, energy, environment, events, materials, materialsscience, mit, sustainability

“Rejected Energy” and Heat Mapping the EU

September 6, 2021 By gmoke

USAmerica generates around 100 quadrillion BTUs per year, more or less, and has plateaued at that level since 2000. However, about 67% of the energy produced is characterized as “rejected energy,” energy that does no useful work, according … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: city planning, climate, district heating, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, EU, HVAC, sustainability

Zero Net Energy – August 26, 2021

August 26, 2021 By gmoke

Zero emissions drive would grow U.S. economy - Report shows meeting Paris climate goals would add trillions of dollars in economic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, city planning, climate, ecology, energy, environment, sustainability

Carbon Coin

August 20, 2021 By gmoke

from Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Page 294: They [a consortium of all the big central banks, with open access for more central banks to join] would issue together a single new currency, coordinated through the BIS … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: carbon price, carbon sequestration, climate, ecology, economics, energy, environment, Kim Stanley Robinson, sustainability

City Agriculture – August 10, 2021

August 10, 2021 By gmoke

Positive net energy campus for Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania https://inhabitat.com/phipps-conservatory-and-botanical-gardens-leeds-the-way-in-green-design/ Amsterdam and Paris exchange on urban … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, city planning, ecology, energy, environment, food, gardening, sustainability

To Catch the Sun: DIY Solar Handbook

August 2, 2021 By gmoke

To Catch the Sun (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lonnyg/to-catch-the-sun) is a book of inspiring stories of communities coming together to harness their own solar energy, with the nitty-gritty details so you can do it too! Learn … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: DIY, ecology, energy, environment, renewables, solar, sustainability

City Agriculture – July 8, 2021

July 8, 2021 By gmoke

Geotherapy Not Geoengineering, Please http://solarray.blogspot.com/2021/04/geotherapy-not-geoengineering-please.html NB: Geotherapy can work from flower pot on a windowsill scale to thousands of hectares and should be part of the thinking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: agriculture, city planning, climate, climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, food, forests, gardening, sustainability

City Agriculture – June 24, 2021

June 24, 2021 By gmoke

Farming communities - a Dutch model for national agriculture https://www.farmingcommunities.org/ AlphaGarden - can a robot learn how to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, ecology, energy, environment, food, gardening, resilience, sustainability, urban planning

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