Technature
What is the ‘nature’ of technology? While some people think that nature and technology are in fundamental opposition, and others rest in the assumption that all that is must be natural...
View ArticleCrash Course in The Anthropocene
This quirky “Crash Course” video from Vloggers John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie. introduces viewers to the Anthropocene concept through attractive animations, rhythmically edited broad-stroke...
View ArticleForests For Our Future
Scientists are busy looking for high-tech geoengineering solutions to our most pressing ecological problems, namely, climate change. A few of the ideas that have been considered thus far include:...
View ArticleAcclimating to the Anthropocene
“The conditions that will come with the Anthropocene are not simply a technical and scientific subject, they’re also highly political, philosophical and about the relationship that we wish to foster...
View ArticleAnthropocene – On the Substance of a New Idea
Underwater Sculpture by Jason de Caires Taylor submerged off the coast of Cancun, Mexico Photo: Jason de Caires Taylor The recent rise in the exploration of the concept of entering a different geologic...
View ArticleHow the Visionary Art of Android Jones Connects Kali, Endangered Species and...
Striking images of endangered species were projected onto the side of the iconic Empire State Building as examples of the animals we currently risk losing due to the expansion of industrial...
View ArticleOn the Side of Nature: An Age of Human Stewardship & Bioeconomics
David Suzuki called the UN Paris agreement a milestone in the Anthropocene Era, and an indication that “the Age of Humans won’t necessarily lead to an age of destruction.” (The Guardian) While I’m as...
View ArticleVernadsky’s Revolutionary Vision of the Biosphere
In 1926, Vladimir I. Vernadsky introduced the term “biosphere” to the scientific world in his seminal research paper “The Biosphere.” Many of his ideas outpaced their time, but we’ve finally been...
View ArticleRaising Earth Consciousness on Earth Day
Raising Earth Consciousness This Earth Day 2016 feels like a particularly poignant moment in the relationship between humans and the Earth. Just as on Mother’s Day we take extra time to reflect on our...
View ArticleUrban Ecology: 10 Cities Lead The Way
A small farm in the New York borough of Queens (Alamy) Ever since Gilgamesh cleared the forest to improve the city, civilization has persisted with dominating nature in the name of progress. But in...
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