Category: Systems Science

  • Italians now buy more bikes than cars

    The Decline of the Car? Part 1: Italians Now Buying More Bicycles Than Automobiles core77.com Sur­pris­ing news: Italy, home of the mighty Fer­rari and the sprawl­ing Fiat empire, is now a coun­try where peo­ple are buy­ing more bicy­cles than cars. The num­bers are a lit­tle too round (and close) not to take with a grain…

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  • Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Saying Hurricane Sandy Affected Decision

    Awareness of science, environment and climate change is increasingly moving voters towards Obama. Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Saying Hurricane Sandy Affected Decision – NYTimes.com. Related articles Bloomberg’s Obama endorsement is a vote for big government in time of crisis | Ana Marie Cox Bloomberg endorses Obama, citing Sandy and climate change Michael Bloomberg endorses Obama to lead…

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  • How Fly Farming May Help More Fish Stay In The Sea

    How Fly Farming May Help More Fish Stay In The Sea Eliza Barclay, npr.org What’s the lowly house fly got to do with the $60 bil­lion fish farm­ing indus­try? Quite a lot, says Jason Drew, a jet-setting British entre­pre­neur who is so enthu­si­as­tic about the poten­tial of flies, he’s just writ­ten a book called T……

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  • GMO in my foods: there’s an app for that

    An App To Tell You If There Are Genetically Modified Ingredients In Your Food BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com There are no laws that say companies have to tell you if they’re using genetically modified ingredients. If that doesn’t sit right with you, there’s now an app to help you sort out which foods’ genes have…

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  • The Farmery is a Farm and Market Set in Four Recycled Shipping Containers in North Carolina

    The Farmery is a Farm and Market Set in Four Recycled Shipping Containers in North Carolina Tafline Laylin, inhabitat.com The Famery has suc­cess­ful­ly raised $25,000 on Kick­starter to make this project a real­i­ty, so if you live in Raleigh, you’re in for a spe­cial treat. So far they have devel­oped two pro­to­types along with a…

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  • Germany Sets New Solar Record

    Germany Sets New Solar Record By Meeting Nearly Half of Country’s Weekend Power Demand | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Diane Pham 5 Tips to Cut Your Electricity Bill With Energy Efficiency Expert David Johnston Cutting back on your energy usage is one of the best ways to bring down your…

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  • 3rd Ward: Our Creative Community

    (via About Us – Our Creative Community – Brooklyn, NY – 3rd Ward) Related articles ♥ / 3rd Ward (swiss-miss.com) Q&A: Jason Goodman, CEO, 3rd Ward (smartplanet.com) 3rd Ward – Brooklyn, NY, Full time, remote, H1B (news.ycombinator.com) For the Love of Art: A Valentine’s Day Networking Event in NYC (fracturedatlas.org) “Creating Hipsturbia”: Is Gentrification Pushing…

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  • Ford C-MAX Energi Plug-In Hybrid Rocks The Fuel Efficiency

    Ford C-MAX Energi Plug-In Hybrid Rocks The Fuel Efficiency Nino Marchetti, earthtechling.com Ford, already putting up some very impres­sive offi­cial Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency fuel effi­cien­cy num­bers with both its 2013 Fusion Hybrid and C-Max Hybrid, now has anoth­er feath­er to add to the cap in its effort to knock Toy­ota … http://flpbd.it/xhEMj Related articles 2012…

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  • Dirty White Gold: a Film That Exposes Cotton Farming’s Dark Side

    Fund “Dirty White Gold,” a Film That Exposes Cotton Farming’s Dark Side ecouterre.com Photo by Shut­ter­stock Jour­nal­ist Leah Bor­romeo’s documentary-in-the-making, “The Cot­ton Film: Dirty White Gold,” fol­lows the life of cot­ton from seed to store, trac­ing who it touch­es and how their live are effect­ed. The incred­i­ble… http://flpbd.it/5ti7j

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  • Birds with cameras take flight

    Birds with cameras take flight in ‘Winged Planet,’ tonight on the Discovery Channel By Justin Rubio, theverge.com The lat­est entry in the critically-acclaimed Plan­et series from the Dis­cov­ery Chan­nel and the BBC airs tonight at 8:00PM ET. “Winged Plan­et” — like “Blue Plan­et” and “Plan­et Earth” before it — is a nature doc­u­men­tary that uti­lizes……

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  • Late Environmentalist Barry Commoner On How Biology-Based Tech Could Save The Planet

    Late Environmentalist Barry Commoner On How Biology-Based Tech Could Save The Planet By Rose Pastore, popsci.com From the archives: The “Paul Revere of ecology” sounded early warnings about the polluting effects of manmade products in 1972. Barry Com­mon­er, the scientist-activist who found­ed mod­ern ecol­o­gy and helped ban above-ground nuclear test­ing,… http://flpbd.it/rPUAD Related articles Must See…

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  • Daily Infographic: A Mesmerizing Map Of Water Currents On The Great Lakes

    Daily Infographic: A Mesmerizing Map Of Water Currents On The Great Lakes By Emily Elert, popsci.com Researchers at the Great Lakes Envi­ron­men­tal Research Lab­o­ra­to­ry bor­rowed some code from the design­ers who made this incred­i­ble wind map to cre­ate the world’s first beau­ti­ful water cur­rent map. The image above is just a snapshot—ch… http://flpbd.it/RccNm Related articles…

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