Posted on April 18, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg
Dark hair, dark eyes, black jeans, scarf just so, slightly dissatisfied expression and a brisk pace that makes it look like you know where you’re going and you’ll be asked for directions early and often on the streets of Rome. As long as I kept the dialog to “buon giorno,” “uno” (when pointing to a [...]
Filed under: TrackerNews, climate change, conflict minerals, forests, international studies | Tagged: TrackerNews, China, Rome, Roma, Julius Caesar, Congo, palm oil plantations, Piazza Navona, Leonardo da Vinci | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 10, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg
On link between environmental health & public health; Rebuilding Haiti from the soil microbes up; A humanitarian aid petri dish; Jared Diamond’s checklist for collapse & Haiti as vision what could be in store for the rest of us; Charcoal cartels, Amy Smith’s better answer & Nicholas Kristof’s compost toilet tour Five years ago, in [...]
Filed under: Diaster relief, Haiti, agriculture, charcoal, earthquake, forests, innovation, reforestation, soil health | Tagged: reforestation, deforestation, Will Allen, Haiti, "Hopital Albert Schweitzer", "Haiti Timber Re-Introduction Project", HTRIP, Jared Diamond, CrisisMappers, Crisis Commons, Haiti Rewired, charcoal, compost toilets, urban farming, SOIL | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 23, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
On biomimicry and the answers right in front of us; Photosynthesis & personal power; Urban farming, tropical agroforestry and (eco)system modeling; A carbon negative idea with fertile perks; Population balance Waiting for diplomats to resolve the global climate crisis may take so long, it won’t matter. So what do we do in the meantime? At [...]
Filed under: agriculture, climate change, energy, food, forests, soil health | Tagged: climate change, Terra Preta, biochar, agrichar, Tim Flannery, James Lovelock, Willie Smits, Will Allen, Growing Power, Tapergy, FLAP bag, Daniel Nocera, Jason Aramburu, re:char, Janine Benyus, biomimicry, birth control, family planning, global population statistics, climate change refugees, solar textiles, sea snake wave energy, micro-wind power, concentrated solar arrays | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
It was a wonderful little bubble while it lasted. Getting up before dawn. Dressing in easy-to-peel layers for whatever the day might bring. Walking over to Boynton-McKay, a diner of rare perfection, where the wi-fi was as reliably good as the pancakes (a boon in connectivity-challenged Camden…) Ascending the stairs and more stairs of the [...]
Filed under: agriculture, climate change, disease surveillance, energy, food, forests, innovation, lighting, maps, oil, rain forests, rapid diagnostics, recycling, reforestation, solar, transportation, visualization, water | Tagged: Pop!Tech, Willie Smits, Will Allen, urban agriculture, LEDs, Tapergy, Camden Opera House, Logan Richardson, Zoe Keating, Mark O'Connor, Michelle Riggen-Ransom, Rachel Barenblat, Ethan Zuckerman, Kristen Taylor, Derek Lomas, Playpower Foundation, $12 computer, $10 computer, Dean Ornish, Neri Oxman, Naif Al-Mutawa, The 99, Islam, stereotypes, FLAP bag, Sheila Kenneday, Timbuk2, agroforestry, Daniel Nocera, fuel cells, photosynthesis | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 23, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
Blame it on the birds. And the elephants, lions, biochar, Indonesian agroforestry, dirt batteries, mechanical caterpillar waves, global maps, messenger bag-cum-lighting systems, a cyber-dance experience and one very lovely essay about migration. But not too far into the first day of PopTech, the conference’s “Reimagining America” theme disappeared. Which was fine. It seemed too limited [...]
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