The Gulf oil spill, is at the heart of the matter, a design flaw. I’m not alluding to BP’s oil extraction technology either. Certainly, it had an important role to play but it’s not the whole story, or even a central part of it. The story is bigger. And like most [...]
I created the following video in an attempt to visually define “unsustainable”.
My main objectives were to:
1) Show how fossil fuels have taken a long time to develop
2) Show how quickly we’ve binged on these non-renewable energy sources
3) Argue that we [...]
David Orr, in Design on the Edge, writes:
Imagine for a moment what would happen if Americans one day decided to stay put. Car companies would go even more broke along with all the other companies that sell us roads, tires, gasoline, insurance, lodging, and hamburgers. The national economy would collapse and I think “they” know [...]
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