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lks]] (Brussels University) that is "comprised of one hundred tangible local initiatives from around th... o reflect upon some quotes and questions. This is one of them:
//[...] “In investigating the roots of o... was becoming rapidly a reddish radiating heating. One year before, sudden and brutal movements of the E... e. And when things grew stagnant, he was the only one who could get them moving again.
After feuding
ce. While all of these are laudable pursuits, not one could succeed in isolation. Across cultures and d... job really needs doing. -Bruce Sterling
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If one fathoms deeply one's own neighbourhood and the everyday world in which he lives, the greatest of world... evolving, and should therefore be conceived of as one “social-ecological” system. (...) According to re
tional dystopian vision of the pessimists, on the one hand, or the early dreams of the technologists, o... ial and urban, the assumption is that we are on a one-way street; history rides an arrow of time. In th... ommunities and of individuals, can be seen as but one element in a much larger assemblage of cultural e... h is dynamic, in constant change and flux, indeed one of an accelerating dynamism. But at its heart wha
beautiful?”i
Janine Benyus
“It May be true that one has to choose between ethics and aesthetics, but whichever one chooses, one will always find the other at the end of the road.”ii
Jean-Luc Godard
The textile industry is one that is ubiquitous, one that supports local, glob
ry 2007, when Maja squeezed into a packed room of one of the many hotels hosting the Annual meeting of ... the World Economic Forum delegates, this was the one.
After the meeting, Bunker invited Maja to expe... er, our little expedition team was increased with one more member - Catherine Widgery, an inspired and ... IT facilities and - a fighter plane - donated by one of their previous visitors. Our journey began by
through intercultural exchange programs. We spent one month travelling in the northern region of Kyrgyz... or the Kyrgyz people becomes clear when I visited one of the many
cemeteries that dot the Kyrgyz count... their entrances facing south, and during the day one can easily tell the time simply by tracking the p... a guest quarter. All possessions are linked with one of these quarters and arranged along the walls in
double helix the direction of the nucleotides in one strand is opposite to their direction in the othe... as the 5' (five prime) and 3' (three prime) ends. One of the major differences between DNA and RNA is t... Just like a string of binary data is encoded with ones and zeros, a strand of DNA is encoded with four ... Mbits per inch. In two dimensions, if you assume one base per square nanometer, the data density is ov
medical equipment, IT facilities and – donated by one of their previous visitors – a fighter plane. Our... r more efficiently to the roots of plants is only one of the issues. Groundwater levels in that region ... e into colourful toys, old ropes knotted into new ones, an empty toothpaste tube becomes an animated pu... h others. May there be more of her in our world!
One of our most inspiring stops was the education dep
e are about 30 greenhouse gasses, but the primary ones are: carbon dioxide (CO2, which is used as the y... arbons released into the atmosphere interact with one another, often because of sunlight, heat and stag... om owning several radio or television stations in one market, allowing broadcasters, for example, to ow... ews seem to be in line with the US government, as one of the reasons the US has stated it is against th
ime; 60 amp-hours indicated a battery can deliver one amp for sixty hours.
**Balance of System** (comp... through a conductor, and is measured in amperes, one amp meaning 6.02x10^23 electrons.
**Distributed... arises when the social or economic activities of one group of persons have an impact on another group ... * refers to a "packet" of light, but something no one has ever isolated, described, or measured individ
he larger scope/scale than in the accuracy of any one prediction. This is like the idea that planning i... ignificant quantity of salt. -Bruce Sterling
If one fathoms deeply one's own neighbourhood and the everyday world in which he lives, the greatest of world... re efficient economy, but a more dynamically fair one as well; not just to stave off the worst effects
ears ago in the district of Tilonia in Rajasthan, one of the poorest states in India. In 1972 a group o... er their traditional skills and to learn some new ones, such as the technology of solar energy.
==== W... hting to remote non-electrified villages has been one of confidence building. The solar engineer projec... r participation in the workshops we organise, and one can even mention a positive discrimination of wom
l decision making. Engineering and science on the one hand, and creative arts and humanities on the oth... e many ways in which synergy can be achieved, but one of these is to build communication systems which ... plicated issues and consequences became apparent. One problem is to get a system that is sustainable. N... come across a good definition of sustainability, one that is precise and beautiful. And whenever you s
rred to as the father of artificial intelligence. One of his most famous books is Society of Mind. But ... few strings instead of bunch of servo motors.
In one talk he mentioned that he likes to see where we'r... understand anything until you learn it more than one way.
Could go on about these forever...
==== Wha... three people sharing similar viewpoints, and then one of those was sharing the idea space with someone
r own hands. The most effective solutions are the ones that are also solutions for others.
**Appercep... with human capacities have hands (Goofy) and the ones without dexterity belong to the animal kingdom (... North Point Press))
==== Luminous Green Futures: One Goat per Child ====
A problem with projects is t... nherently restricted. Pix described once how the “One Laptop per Child” project struck him as odd. For
