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Futuristic mega-projects by Shimizu ::: Pink Tentacle
"Japanese construction firm Shimizu Corporation has developed a series of bold architectural plans for the world of tomorrow. Here is a preview of seven mega-projects that have the potential to reshap... Read more
http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/
Tags: architecture, future, design, energy, japan, sci-fi, space, games, sustainability, futurism Saved by: admin at 02 Jun 2010

Not just oil: US hit peak water in 1970 and nobody noticed
The classic example here is the Colorado River where, for most years since 1960, essentially no water has reached the ocean. # The second is what they term peak nonrenewable water, as exemplified by t... Read more
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/05/not-just-oil-us-hit-peak-water-in-1970-and-nobody-noticed.ars
Tags: water, environment, future, politics, usa, ecology, peak, sustainability, via:packrati.us, acquifiers Saved by: admin at 26 May 2010

GE : Home Appliance Energy Use
In the United States, over 20% of our total energy consumption is residential. In fact, in the United States, we are the 7th largest per capita consumer of residential energy. Where is all of that ene... Read more
http://www.ge.com/visualization/appliances_energyuse/index.html
Tags: energy, green, visualization, infographics, appliances, design, ge, sustainability, home, environment Saved by: admin at 08 May 2010

{Suresh}: The next twenty years are going to be completely unlike the last twenty years.
Chris does a brilliant job of highlighting that the debt induced fiat monetary system which has driven our economic progress over the last 50-years is likely to fail in the future. In fact it was real... Read more
http://captaink.blogspot.com/2009/05/next-twenty-years-are-going-to-be.html
Tags: economics, future, money, video, economy, sustainability, energy, toread, business, finance Saved by: admin at 23 Feb 2010

The Facts About Bottled Water
send this to all your water bottle drinking friends!
http://www.pixlmonster.com/poohbear/bottled_water/
Tags: water, economics, interesting, pics, sustainability, graphic, images, blog, bottled, bottledwater Saved by: admin at 11 Dec 2009

RateTea.net: Tea Ratings & Reviews
"RateTea is an independently-run site that's not affiliated with any beverage company, so you know you're getting the straight dope on the drinks. In fact, they don't even accept samples for review. T... Read more
http://ratetea.net/
Tags: tea, reviews, food, drinks, social, search, sustainability, web, rate, web2.0 Saved by: admin at 06 Dec 2009

Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower | Environment | The Guardian
The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/09/peak-oil-international-energy-agency
Tags: oil, energy, peakoil, politics, economics, sustainability, iea, peak, environment, peak-oil Saved by: admin at 11 Nov 2009

45 Homemade Foods You Can Make Yourself (But Never Thought You Could) : Planet Green
There are many food items that people regularly buy that they could make at home; healthier, cheaper, and tastier. In days past people did not run to the store every time they needed catsup or baking... Read more
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/surprising-diy-homemade-foods.html
Tags: food, recipes, cooking, diy, recipe, tutorial, sustainability, kitchen, lifehacks, homemade Saved by: admin at 17 Oct 2009

The Generation M Manifesto - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org
"Dear Old People Who Run the World, -- My generation would like to break up with you. Everyday, I see a widening gap in how you and we understand the world — and what we want from it. I think we hav... Read more
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/07/today_in_capitalism_20_1.html
Tags: business, manifesto, culture, economics, society, community, sustainability, umairhaque, youth, generationm Saved by: admin at 10 Aug 2009

Are you prepared?
Earthquakes, fires, severe storms, power outages, and acts of terrorism are just some of the potential emergencies we may encounter. Imagine that you have no electricity, no gas, no water and no telep... Read more
http://www.72hours.org/index.html
Tags: training, tools, sustainability, survival, reference, preparedness, planning, howto, emergency, activism Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009