Archives for the month of: September, 2014
Pharma-Ecology – The Occurrence and Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment, Patrick K. Jjemba, 2008.
A Rising Tide of Contaminants, New York Times, Sept.25, 2014
http://modernfarmer.com/2014/04/microbes-will-feed-world-real-farmers-grow-soil-crops/
https://www.waag.org/en/lab/open-wetlab
A Microscopic Issue of Unknown Consequences On Warmer Planet, Range of Soil Microbes May Change, New York Times, Sept 22, 2014
New York Times, “For Trees Under Threat, Flight May be the Best Response, Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.mediamatic.net/376204/en/innovative-citizen-mushroom-workshop
http://philross.org/#projects/mycotecture/
An older study, comparing production methods of different plastics:
http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/Landis_polymers_LCA
developments in recycling PLA
http://www.loopla.org/cradle/cradle.htm
Artificial fertilizers do their thing
Hoekstra, A.Y. and Chapagain, A.K. (2008) Globalization of water: Sharing the planet’s freshwater resources, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK.
http://www.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Hoekstra-2008-WaterfootprintFood.pdf
A foggy morning run. Under these atmospheric conditions suddenly you can see how everything is knitted together and sound waves traveling close to the ground enhance this connectedness.
A very different scene than the one I visit later in the day at Mediamatic in Amsterdam. Bio-me is a three-day event functioning as a bio-cultural lab, in which artists, designers, engineers, scientists, farmers, chefs, and public explore and sample bio-based material.
http://www.mediamatic.net/search/374891/en
New York Times, September 17, 2014 “Sit Less, Live Longer?”
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Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning, 1999, The Gardeners and Farmers of Terre Vivante
A book that also influenced my thinking on this topic:
Eric Wolf, Europe and the People without History, (1982)
Sense-ible Bag Lady 