After two years of analysis, West and Bettencourt discovered that all of these urban variables could be described by a few exquisitely simple equations. For example, if they know the population of a metropolitan area in a given country, they can estimate, with approximately 85 percent accuracy, its average income and the dimensions of its sewer system.
The Center for Genomic Gastronomy is an independent research institute engaged in exploring, examining and understanding the genomes and biotechnologies that make up the human food systems of planet earth. We are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge at the intersection of food, culture, ecology and technology. The Center presents its research through public lectures, research publications, meals and exhibitions.
In 1970, the Cosanti Foundation began building Arcosanti, an experimental town in the high desert of Arizona, 70 miles north of metropolitan Phoenix. A dozen buildings used for current activities occupy a small fraction of the full 860 acres of Arcosanti property.
These essays correspond to the six chapters of the film. They foreground the key ideas of each chapter and flesh out additional themes. We offer the essays as commentary on the film, and hope they provide a springboard for further discussion and debate.
optimism is a fragile thing. Unfavorable events are likely to occur which could dash any such hopes. One way to prevent ourselves from overreacting, and subsequently falling into despair, is to appreciate the nature of crisis. Understanding crisis may help us to judge the unfolding situation and maintain a realistic measure of faith. In this issue you will find wide-ranging examples of crises: how they begin, unfold and, despite attempts at their management, spin out of control
Von den Ideen der sechziger bis zu einem Internet-basierten Schwarm Ansatz zum "Kampf gegen den Klimawandel"
Die meisten Obdachlosen-Camps sind aber harten Repressionen ausgesetzt, nicht nur, dass den Bewohnern die existenzielle Versorgung versagt bleibt, die Camps werden von der Polizei überfallen und zerstört.
Dyesol ist spezialisiert auf Lösungen zur Solartechnologie der 3. Generation. Dabei ahmen die Farbstoffsolarzellen die Natur mit Hilfe künstlicher Photosynthese nach, was eine bahnbrechende Anwendung der Nanotechnologie zur Erzeugung von Energie bedeute
