ecology

via inhabitat Wind turbines have become airborne! An enormous helium-filled wind turbine will soon float over the city of Fairbanks, Alaska to produce enough electricity for more than a dozen families living off the grid. Designed and built by MIT startup...

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Tag(s) : #Technic, #Ecology, #Sustainability

by Samuel Alexander / theconversation.com We are used to hearing that if everyone lived in the same way as North Americans or Australians, we would need four or five planet Earths to sustain us. This sort of analysis is known as the “ecological footprint”...

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Tag(s) : #Ecology, #Civilization, #Technic, #Paradigm Shift, #Architecture-Cityplaning, #Sustainability

By Christou (Source: Collective Evolution; June 19, 2015) via ANP The bard Robert Anton Wilson said, “Anybody who tells you that we’re running out of resources or that we’re in a terrible mess–they are idiots. We can’t run out of resources. Resources...

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Tag(s) : #Consciousness, #Technic, #Civilization, #Cultural Creatives, #Economy, #Entrepreneur, #Ecology

by oas1s,via Inhabitat OAS1S has introduced a unique concept for the future of urban green living: a 21st century home that merges architecture and nature into one. The OAS1S houses are inspired by trees that act as modern skyscrapers. These “treescrapers”...

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Tag(s) : #Architecture-Cityplaning, #Paradigm Shift, #Ecology, #Nature, #Sustainability, #Science, #Civilization

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Nature, #Ecology, #Economy, #Civilization, #Change, #Consciousness

by Greg Beach, 06/17/15 via inhabitat The cost of solar power has declined dramatically over the past few decades, from $40 per watt in 1977 to $0.74 per watt in 2013. This trend is expected to accelerate as improvements in efficiency and new technologies...

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Tag(s) : #Technic, #Future, #Ecology, #Economy, #Architecture-Cityplaning, #Awarness, #Civilization

Enjoy John Talbott's wonderful talk about the Findhorn Foundation Community. Findhorn Foundation Vision The Findhorn Foundation is a spiritual community, ecovillage and an international centre for holistic education, helping to unfold a new human consciousness...

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Tag(s) : #Community, #Education, #Ecology, #Sustainability, #Future, #Awarness

Dr. Brian O’Leary, Ph.D, scientist, author, Princeton/Cornell physics professor, and former NASA astronaut, was filmed shortly before his passing stating that over-unity devices are indeed real, and that “these concepts have been proven in hundreds of...

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Tag(s) : #Technic, #Paradigm Shift, #Economy, #Ecology, #Sustainability, #Science

by Timon Singh, While data centers are useful, Cloud&Heat’s heating angle has raised some eyebrows. On the surface, it looks like a slam-dunk for businesses, but there are hidden costs. Interested companies first have to pay up for a fire-proof cabinet,...

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Tag(s) : #Technic, #Ecology, #Sustainability

by Michelle Kennedy Hogan, 05/08/15 Could a bladeless wind turbine answer the issues with clean energy and save a few bird lives in the process? It can if you believe that the same technology we use to get your milkshake to your mouth could also power...

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Tag(s) : #Technic, #Paradigm Shift, #Economy, #Ecology

Mac Slavo March 13th, 2015 SHTFplan.com The California drought has already been alarming enough not only for residents of the state – whose water supply was never secured, and has constantly been the source of heated controversy – but those across the...

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Tag(s) : #Ecology, #Future, #Sustainability, #Civilization