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Stealing the Future, The Ethics of Dust, and Networked Sprawl

WorldChanging Team

Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 The Rights of Future Generations Alex examines the rights of future generations and wonders in what courts those rights might be defended, and how... 2009 Manifesta: Caring for Fungi and Pollution Regine Debatty reviews two artistic architectural works at the Manifesta biennale that both explore waste residue... 2005 Smart Sprawl Jamais Cascio reflects on Walter Siembab's idea of "Smart Sprawl," a networked approach to...

Bioluminescence, China's Green Beat, and Human Changing

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Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 The Bioluminescent Metropolis Geoff Manaugh explores the idea of cultivating bioluminescent organisms for use in future architectural ornament and city planning... 2008 Reader Report: China's Green Beat Jamie Henn reflects on China's sustainable future now that the 'green' Olympics have ended... 2005 Retro: Human Changing Three excellent books about the transformation of what it means to be human came out in the past...

The Future of Suburbs, Biomass Charcoal, and Clean Energy

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Looking back one, two, and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 The Ruins of the Unsustainable: Searching For Answers to the Suburbs A classic Worldchanging piece by Julia Levitt, in which she ponders Bruce Sterling and the future of suburbs... 2008 Biomass Charcoal in Eastern DRC Ethan Zuckerman looks at efforts designed to end the developing world's dependency on charcoal... 2005 Joel Makower: Clean Energy -- It's Not About the Environment Joel Makower asks "Why aren't you buying...

A Proposed Geoethics

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Looking back five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2005 Terraforming Earth, Part III: Geoethical Principles Jamais Cascio proposes a definition of geoethics as well as its core principles.... Other recent "look backs": July 21 July 22 July 23

Heat Waves and Energy Crunches: the Future is Now

Alex Steffen

Two stories I came across yesterday struck me as particularly indicative of the gulf between the speed at which global change is unfolding and our perceptions of the urgency of the issues. There's often a presumption that we have decades to change (so change can begin gradually) and decades more before we have to worry about impacts. The evidence, though, increasingly points to a much shorter horizon for action and adaptation. The first story reports on a big Stanford study which combined...

A Crusade of Open Sharing and Going Organic in China

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Looking back two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2008 The Outquisition Alex Steffen recounts a conversation he had with Cory Doctorow in which they mused on the idea of an "Outquisition" - a crusade of open sharing of tools and ideas... 2005 Going Organic in China Jamais Cascio reports that Chinese agriculture is one of the most heavily-dependent upon chemical fertilizers in the world, but this is starting to change... Other recent "look backs": July 7 July 8 July 9

A Vision of Pioneer City 2030 and the Growth of Residential Wind Turbines

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Looking back one and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Pioneer City 2030: What the Energy System of the Future Looks Like Patrick Mazza writes that the energy systems of the future are being founded now, and to support their synergistic growth and realize their promise we need visions of the future that inspire the development of long-term strategies. The following description of Pioneer City is offered to inspire such vision and strategies... 2005 Micro-Wind for the Home The...

Planetary Boundaries, a Successful Top-Down Policy, and the Concept of Inclusive Wealth

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Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Planetary Boundaries and the New Generation Gap A classic piece by Alex Steffen, in which he explores the growing urgency for real action that responds to our planetary boundaries... 2008 China Watch: Plastic Bag Ban Trumps Market and Consumer Efforts Yingling Liu reports on the success of China's recent plastic bag ban, which has been immediately accepted by consumers. In a country where billions of plastic bags are used...

Living Infra-Glacially in an Imaginary Antarctic Metropolis

Geoff Manaugh

For a stunningly realized thesis project submitted last month at the University of California, Berkeley, Taylor Medlin focused on what he called "Towards a New Antarchitecture." Presented through a combination of miniature wax models and sculpted ice, the project aimed to show how new, more sustainable construction techniques could be developed for the continent of Antarctica. The only slightly tongue-in-cheek project involved everything from Pykrete—sawdust-reinforced ice once...

City Patterns and the Language of Pessimism versus Optimism

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Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Our Urban Future Adam Stein shares a handful of links that take a data-driven driven look at cities, which reveal fascinating patterns... 2008 Nothing for today! 2005 Amory Lovins vs. James Kunstler James Cascio reflects on a debate between Lovins and Kunstler published in Salon, which triggers a great conversation in the comments section on the language of pessimism versus optimism... Other recent "look backs": May 21...

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