Update 9/9/10 Finished it! A little dry for all the facts but a very important read for me. It’s helped me realize my biases, and we can’t afford biases. Stewart provides a summary at the end of his book I hope will serve to whet your appetite to read this important book. Ecological balance is [...]
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
According to Saul’s calculations, in order to reach a goal of 450 ppm of atmospheric carbon dioxide in time to limit a global rise in temperature to 2 degrees C., we’ll have to reduce the amount of burned fossil fuels to 3 terawatts (of power). That means we’ll need to replace 11.5 terawatts with new [...]
This is amazing! Lovins was on the Charlie Rose Show saying this too. This is in complete contradiction to supposed “Greens” like Stewart Brand, James Lovelock (Mr Gaia , himself!), and others, saying we have to go Nuclear Power Plants to save ourselves!? WTF?! And a 4th media hit! Neil Young on Letterman mentions Lovins! [...]
After 40+ years San Francisco seems to be the first city on the Planet Earth/Gaia to get a clue about Soleri’s work and ideas! Bucky Fuller mentions somewhere that on average it takes 50+ years for an Innovation to really catch on….so 10 more years to go! Stewart Brand featured Soleri way back in the [...]
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I’ve mentioned this before, but these lectures are just SO GOOD I think it worth repeating. http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/ And check out what’s coming up. 02007 Dec. 14 (Friday) – Jon Ippolito & Joline Blais, “The Edge of Art” 02008 Jan. 11 (Friday) – Paul Saffo, “Embracing Uncertainty: the secret to effective forecasting” Feb. 4 (MONDAY) – [...]
