Redundant News Items
an archive of snippets no longer 'new' enough to be News
Harry Hart's website
is getting better
Get on his mailing list - http://www.global-eco.co.uk
Is Pearl Fryar's garden 'Attainable U-Topiary?'
...and see Oliver James's outburst...on Jeremy Paxman's Newsnight TV Show...
Gordon Ramsay says penalise restaurants serving non-seasonal food
Edward Lorenz the father of chaos theory, died at his
home on Wednesday, 18th April 2008. His (1962) theory
was a fatal blow for some types of mathematics.
Inconspicuous ideas may have auspicious outcomes...
Artists Make Winners of Deptford Locals
Artists' collective foreign investment win this year's Deptford X Festival prize
They collected 100 items of street litter and transformed them into 18 carat gold.
Afterwards, each item was returned to its place on the street. See Gold Exchange
- Harry Hart of Global-Eco says that algae locks up carbon and creates food and fuel. (see BBC report)
James Greyson explains how society could see beyond its collective blindspot
Open Knowledge
Check out the Open Knowledge Foundation - launched in 2004
Open Calculation
You can now make instant online calculations for issues important to you.
Open Mapping
You can can also find your nearest green space online
- openstreetmap.org is an Open Source wiki world map
- ...so we can all take responsibility for our locality
Recent International Keynote Talks by AU Members
Hannah Jones & Rachel Wingfield outlined their MetaboliCity research
at the Multiple Ways conference in Lugano, 13th Nov. 2009
John Wood at the UNESCO Creative Cities Forum on 27th Nov. 2009
Rachel Wingfield and Mathias Gmachl's projects integrate energy systems, geometry and textiles.
Geoff & Nadia Lawton's work uses Permaculture to green the deserts