constructed 1668-1670, pipes still intact.
excursion within le:notre spring workshop 2009.
inside 'bassin de latone' at versailles
constructed 1668-1670, pipes still intact.
excursion within le:notre spring workshop 2009.
strategies after copenhagen ?
ambitious as (some) politicians were and full of hope as mankind was. the result was the least possible consensus. some say this was the best outcome, some see doomsday drawing closer. we will see what future may bring, if my grandchildren will only know tuvalu as a web domain.
for sure copenhagen mirrored a newly globalized world with the US and europe being only two of many stakeholders in worldwide decision processes.
picture by a. d'alfonso, cph 2007
for sure copenhagen mirrored a newly globalized world with the US and europe being only two of many stakeholders in worldwide decision processes.
picture by a. d'alfonso, cph 2007
air car news!
humanitarian application of an air engine:
Angelo Di Pietro:
"There is no other motor as good as ours, years of research and analysing other motors around the world gave me the confidence and obligation to say so. Obligation in the sense that people have been waiting for ages in relation to efficiency in order to take care of our environmental situation."
incremental housing strategy
Architects Filipe Balestra and Sara Göransson have developed a strategy to develop informal slums into permanent urban districts through a process of gradual improvement to existing dwellings instead of demolition and rebuilding.
taylor glacier bacterial community
'Ihren - sehr niedrigen - Energiebedarf deckt die Lebensgemeinschaft wahrscheinlich aus Restbeständen von organischen Kohlenstoffverbindungen unter Zuhilfenahme des einzigartigen Schwefel-Eisen-Kreislaufs. Licht und Sauerstoff werden nicht benötigt.' [derStandard.at]
pic from: http://www.crystalinks.com/antarcticamicrobes409a.jpg
the taylor glacier bacterial community (which you see as red outflow in the above picture) will be visited by:
ENDURANCE - an 'Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic Antartic Explorer'
check aerticles:
in 'science' and in 'applied and environmental microbiology' about this endeavour.
pic from: http://www.crystalinks.com/antarcticamicrobes409a.jpg
the taylor glacier bacterial community (which you see as red outflow in the above picture) will be visited by:
ENDURANCE - an 'Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic Antartic Explorer'
check aerticles:
in 'science' and in 'applied and environmental microbiology' about this endeavour.
siberia 2009
mapped some destinations from our excursions itinerary. global perspective to local beauty. looking forward to that!
Poster "Approaches to Sustainable Landscaping" @ 'Urban Futures: the Challenge of Sustainability - AGS Annual Meeting 2009' ETH Zurich
The AGS Annual Meeting, ETH Zurich 26-29 January 2009:
From the conference synopsis:
"By 2050, over 6 billion people - three quarters of the world's population – will live in cities. Can this dramatic demographic change be harnessed to ensure progress towards sustainability?
Our propositions:
- cities, properly managed, can be transformative arenas in which natural resources are used more efficiently and economically, contributing to a high quality of life for everyone;
- reinventing cities offers one of the most effective ways of reducing human impacts upon the environment and achieving greater sustainability."
Presented poster at the conference:
colleagues enjoying the poster ;)
From the conference synopsis:
"By 2050, over 6 billion people - three quarters of the world's population – will live in cities. Can this dramatic demographic change be harnessed to ensure progress towards sustainability?
Our propositions:
- cities, properly managed, can be transformative arenas in which natural resources are used more efficiently and economically, contributing to a high quality of life for everyone;
- reinventing cities offers one of the most effective ways of reducing human impacts upon the environment and achieving greater sustainability."
Presented poster at the conference:
colleagues enjoying the poster ;)
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