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 a [...]
Filed under: Diaster relief, Haiti, agriculture, charcoal, earthquake, forests, innovation, reforestation, soil health | Tagged: "Haiti Timber Re-Introduction Project", "Hopital Albert Schweitzer", charcoal, compost toilets, Crisis Commons, CrisisMappers, deforestation, Haiti, Haiti Rewired, HTRIP, Jared Diamond, reforestation, SOIL, urban farming, Will Allen | 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 TrackerNews, we [...]
Filed under: agriculture, climate change, energy, food, forests, soil health | Tagged: agrichar, biochar, biomimicry, birth control, climate change, climate change refugees, concentrated solar arrays, Daniel Nocera, family planning, FLAP bag, global population statistics, Growing Power, James Lovelock, Janine Benyus, Jason Aramburu, micro-wind power, re:char, sea snake wave energy, solar textiles, Tapergy, Terra Preta, Tim Flannery, Will Allen, Willie Smits | 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: $10 computer, $12 computer, agroforestry, Camden Opera House, Daniel Nocera, Dean Ornish, Derek Lomas, Ethan Zuckerman, FLAP bag, fuel cells, Islam, Kristen Taylor, LEDs, Logan Richardson, Mark O'Connor, Michelle Riggen-Ransom, Naif Al-Mutawa, Neri Oxman, photosynthesis, Playpower Foundation, Pop!Tech, Rachel Barenblat, Sheila Kenneday, stereotypes, Tapergy, The 99, Timbuk2, urban agriculture, Will Allen, Willie Smits, Zoe Keating | 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 [...]
Filed under: agriculture, charcoal, climate change, eWaste, energy, food, forests, innovation, lighting, mobile devices, rain forests, recycling, reforestation, solar, traffic, visualization, water | Tagged: Braddock, Chris Jordan, Eben Mayer, Emily Pilloton, Erik Hersman, FLAP, Flexible Light and Power, FrontlineSMS: Medic, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Hope Phones, Jason Araburu, John Fetterman, LEDs, One Laptop Per Child, Pennsylvania, plastic pollution, Project H Design, Sheila Kennedy, solar power | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 21, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
If no other statistic about climate change gives you pause, this one should: 1/4 of the world’s population – an estimated 1.4 billion people – rely on water from rivers that source in the Himalayas. As glaciers retreat, snow packs shrink and spring thaws occur earlier and earlier, the precious gift of a well-timed water [...]
Filed under: agriculture, air pollution, climate change, drought, forests, reforestation, soil health, water | Tagged: aquifers, biotic pumps, climate change, COP-10, Copenhagen, deforestation, Extreme Ice Survey, Glacial Lake Outburst Floods, GLOF, hippos, IPCC, James Balog, Kenya, melting glaciers, Mexico, Nepal, nomads, Sharon Begley, TED, The Age of Stupid, urban heat islands | Leave a Comment »
