Posted Monday June 9, 2008, 1:02 am, Over one day old
Ben Block: The European Union is currently debating waste management targets that could significantly increase recycling rates throughout Europe. Legislators on the European Parliament's Environment Committee...
Read European Union Poised to Increase Recycling (Links)
Posted Monday June 9, 2008, 1:02 am, Over one day old
Alex Steffen: Several things I've meant to blog on and haven't: The Bonobo Conservation Initiative, which is not only saving our awesome laid-back, sexed-up little cousins, but...
Read Bonobos, Berkeley and Mars (Links)
Posted Sunday June 8, 2008, 1:02 am, Over one day old
Alex Steffen: Ever since I wrote about my support for a ban on geoengineering research, I've found myself more involved in a debate about geoengineering, climate science...
Read How Do We Intelligently Discuss Politicized Geoengineering? (Links)
Posted Saturday June 7, 2008, 1:02 am, Over one day old
Sarah Kuck: Designers are uniquely positioned to save the world. Or so believes Valarie Casey , who commented during her recent Compostmodern presentation that Designers change...
Read The Designers Accord Makes a Statement (Links)
Posted Sunday June 8, 2008, 1:02 am, Over one day old
Julia Steinberger: Two major design competitions, the AMD Open Architecture Challenge and the Metropolis Magazine's NextGeneration, have announced their winners. The winning entries and honorees offer...
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Posted Friday June 6, 2008, 1:12 am, Over one day old
Ben Block: A House of Commons committee suggested last week that the U.K. Parliament create a personal carbon-trading scheme for all citizens of the United Kingdom....
Read U.K. Committee Supports Personal Carbon Trading (Links)
Posted Friday June 6, 2008, 1:12 am, Over one day old
Regine Debatty: We are living in food mayhem: yesterday morning a nutritionist was complaining on French tv that because the country had turned its back on the...
Read Food Mayhem and Corn Education (Links)
Posted Thursday June 5, 2008, 1:02 am, Over one day old
Ethan Zuckerman: David Weinberger somehow manages to find time to write books, write thoughtful blog posts, AND produce a periodic newsletter - Journal of the Hyperlinked Organization...
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Posted Wednesday June 4, 2008, 1:03 am, Over one day old
Ben Block: More and more countries are banning incandescent light bulbs in favor of energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps, or CFLs. But options to recycle the mercury-laden...
Read Lighting an Efficient Future, Minus the Mercury (Links)
Posted Wednesday June 4, 2008, 1:03 am, Over one day old
Regine Debatty: It's not everyday that Dick Cheney gives its title to an art exhibition. In the weeks following September 11, the U.S. Vice President justified a...
Read The New Normal (Links)