The Next US Climate Strategy: Celebrate the EPA
I have a few thoughts about what's next for climate action in the U.S. In the wake of yesterday's devastating announcement that the U.S. Senate will not be advancing a climate bill, of any kind, there's been a crash of morale across the spectrum of American environmentalists, climate advocates and bright green business types. And, yes, the Senate and the...
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Ethan Zuckerman on Global Media
Global media thinker, writer and former Worldchanging board chair Ethan Zuckerman just gave a TED talk on the importance of...
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Global media thinker, writer and former Worldchanging board chair Ethan Zuckerman just gave a TED talk on the importance of...
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The Problem with Design: Imperialism or Thinking Too Small?
Bruce Nussbaum has stirred up a fierce debate with his new article Is Humanitarian Design the New Imperialism?. Nussbaum criticizes...
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Bruce Nussbaum has stirred up a fierce debate with his new article Is Humanitarian Design the New Imperialism?. Nussbaum criticizes...
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A Climate-Neutral China
(Urban Renewal #5, City Overview From Top of Military Hospital, Shanghai, 2004. By photographer Edward Burtynsky; used with permission...
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(Urban Renewal #5, City Overview From Top of Military Hospital, Shanghai, 2004. By photographer Edward Burtynsky; used with permission...
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Resource: iuMAP: A Web-Based Directory to Track Social Enterprise Globally
Amanda Reed, 30 Jul 10 Ayllu (pronounced 'i-u') in media partnership with NextBillion has launched a new resource for tracking social enterprise projects globally: iuMAP. (iuMAP screenshot) According to Melissa Richer, Founder and Executive Director of Ayllu, iuMAP will be the world's largest directory of...
The Design Future of the Sacred Grove
Amanda Reed, 30 Jul 10 Worldchanging contributor Geoff Manaugh of BLDG|BLOG has a great article up about the contemporary and future design possibilities of "sacred groves" at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) Study Centre website. Ships botanically assembling themselves in the forest, from "Growing...
Thermografische Kaart: Heat Seeking Camera Used to Assess Home Energy Use
WorldChanging Team, 30 Jul 10 Fly by night operation provides a detailed map of heat loss in Belgium. by Tim Varga (image via Terrapass) The quality of your home’s insulation can be hard to assess without tearing into walls or poking a hole in the...
Carbon Footprint Analysis, GlobalGiving Green, and Cory Doctorow
WorldChanging Team, 30 Jul 10 Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 World Bank Initiates Carbon Footprint Analysis Ben Block examines the hidden carbon footprint costs of World Bank projects, and says that the Bank is responding to pressure to...
Metroradruhr: Germany's Ruhr Valley Inter-City Bike Sharing
WorldChanging Team, 29 Jul 10 by Russell Meddin Metroradruhr bike racks (via Bike-Sharing Blog) This summer brings a new regional bike-sharing system, Metroradruhr, to ten industrial Ruhr valley cities. Started on June 18th in Dortmund, Germany the system has now reached five of the cities...
