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Industrial Civilization is Killing Our Future off and Yet We Cannot Walk Away
My internal answer seems impossible to live up to and I feel this is the same problem that everyone living INSIDE industrial civilization comes to. "It's too hard." "I can't. I have X responsibility."...
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Intelligence and the Information Environment
By Michael W. Mehaffy and Nikos A. SalingarosLooked at in a certain way, the human environment is a kind of massive delivery system for critically useful information. It gives us information about...
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Gjøvik High School with a Poor Information Environment
Gjøvik High School is not providing an enriching information environment, this doesn't prove good for the future of my region. Click on the image for a magnification.But what does this mean, in human...
View ArticleThe complete Streets Movement
Recently, the concept of "complete streets" has gained some political ground. The complete street movement advocates that all streets should be safe and accessible for everyone - regardless of if...
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På parti med den nære framtida?
Terje Bongard, Norsk Inst. for NaturforskningMenneskets forbruk av den totale fotosyntesen på jorda er beregnet til mellom 30 og 50 % [1]. Det fører til at de fleste arter utenom mais, hvete, ris og en...
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Human Beings are Right Up There with Rats and Cockroaches in Our Ability to...
Bill, exactly. Human beings are right up there with rats and cockroaches in our ability to adapt to different environments, a classic generalist species well adapted to sudden change and disruption....
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Pavlovakake
Pavlovakake er oppkalt etter den russiske ballett-danserinnen Anna Pavlova.. Klikk på bildet for å ta den nærmere i øyensyn.
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Arkader på Gjøvik Gård
Vi er ikke akkurat bortskjemte med arkader her på Gjøvik, denne eldgamle og geniale oppfinnelsen, elsket fram til modernismen tok sitt jerngrep om vår hals på begynnelsen av forrige århundre, og...
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An Architect's Home (Not a Single Pattern to be Found)
A manifestation of the architectural elite's hatred to Alexander's A Pattern Language. No words can express this hatred better than this building!
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Red Door
Click on the image for a magnificationRoughness is the odd shape, the quick brush stroke, the irregular column size or spacing, the change in pattern at the corner – it is adjusting to conditions as...
View ArticleA Small but Definite Contribution
Unknown, helping soil recover is definitely a good step, but I'd encourage you to start with your own yard: tear out the grass, and put in a vegetable garden and plants that feed native pollinators,...
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Er noen tonn plank og stein, håndtert av polakker i 2-3 måneder, verdt et liv...
Lurer på når Aftenposten skal begynne å skrive om noe annet enn bolig? Før eller siden skjønner folk at noen tonn plank og stein, håndtert at polakker i 2-3 måneder, ikke er verdt et liv som...
View ArticleBoredom & Behaviour
Not long ago at a conference I was asked whether I thought that boredom was an important cause of bad, and worse than bad, behaviour. I said that I thought that it probably was, though I could not...
View ArticleThe Commons are Vital for Maintaining Ecosystems and Farmland
Kagan and the other justices proved what relics they truly are. They actually think that innovation only emerges from the incentives of private property rights and market exchange. They do not...
View ArticleNEW EU-LAW: Illegal to grow, reproduce or trade any vegetable seed or tree...
From The Corporate Enclosure of Seeds Intensifies:"The enclosure of seeds took another nasty turn this week as ag-biotech companies sought to make it illegal to grow, reproduce or trade any vegetable...
View ArticleAssumptions Lead to Trouble
In principle, there are three ways of knowing about something or someone: what we know, what we don't know, and what we think we know...and it's usually what we think we know that gets us in trouble....
View ArticleHumanity’s Salvation Lies in the Correct Application of Scientific Theory to...
I thank Maureen Mullarkey for these supporting and insightful comments on my latest essay with Michael Mehaffy.This post raises profound points of disagreement on the possible solutions to our...
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