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 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 [...]
Filed under: agriculture, charcoal, climate change, eWaste, energy, food, forests, innovation, lighting, mobile devices, rain forests, recycling, reforestation, solar, traffic, visualization, water | Tagged: Chris Jordan, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic pollution, John Fetterman, Braddock, Pennsylvania, Sheila Kennedy, Erik Hersman, FLAP, Flexible Light and Power, solar power, LEDs, FrontlineSMS: Medic, Hope Phones, One Laptop Per Child, Jason Araburu, Eben Mayer, Emily Pilloton, Project H Design | 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 »
Posted on August 26, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
Making a right from two wrongs; For the love of a park; Inspiration from Aldo Leopold, MLB-branded grass & Neopets; Cyber-seedlings & fundraising; “You had me at orangutan” By all accounts the storm that hit New York’s Central Park last week didn’t last very long, but the devastation was breathtaking. In a matter of minutes, [...]
Filed under: air pollution, climate change, drought, forests, rain forests, reforestation, soil health, water | Tagged: Aldo Leopold, Borneo, Central Park, cyber-trees, deforestation, Neopets, Orangutans, rain forest, reforestation, The Aldo Leopold Foundation, trees, urban forest, Willie Smits | 3 Comments »
