from the Zoroastrian Vendidad 2: Yima and the Flood Overpopulation and expansion of the earth: V.2.8 When Yima had ruled for three hundred winters, then this earth became full of animals, small and large, and men, of dogs, birds, and red and blazing fires. They found no place to be(?), animals, small and large, and men. V.2.9 Then I informed Yima: O beautiful Yima [...]
Archive for the ‘Climate Change’ Category
Plato’s Myth of Atlantis, the End of the Minoan Civilization, and A Hard Look at Human Extinction
May 11, 2011
Lost Worlds: Atlantis . Secrets of the Dead: Sinking Atlantis http://video.pbs.org/video/1204753806 . Plato on Deforestation, Soil Abuse and Water Mismanagement “What now remains of the formerly rich land is like the skeleton of a sick man, with all the fat and soft earth having wasted away and only the bare framework remaining. Formerly, many of [...]
Earth Day, 2011: Aquaponics
April 22, 2011
Charlie Price: Aquaponics – Getting More Out of Less “Charlie Price from the social enterprise Aquaponics UK, explores the role aquaponics can play in the future of our collective food supply. He provides an insight into both the applications for aquaponics but more specifically a new approach to urban agriculture, turning wastes into resources and transforming [...]
“The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower…”
April 20, 2011
MIT Chemist Daniel Nocera Harnesses Photosynthesis to Store Solar Power: Sun Catalytix Company Website (has not gone public yet!!) Dr. Daniel G. Nocera @ MIT [PAPER] Powering the Planet: Chemical Challenges in Solar Energy Utilization ABSTRACT: Global energy consumption is projected to increase, even in the face of substantial declines in energy intensity, at least 2-fold [...]
Learning From History: The Collapse of Complex Societies
April 15, 2011
Preamble: A Brief History of Complexity with David Christian [From TED.com:] Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is “Big History”: an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of [...]
Daniel Hillel and the Natural History of The Bible
April 15, 2011
ABSTRACT: The Middle East encompasses five ecological domains: (1) the humid highlands and their intermontane valleys, where rainfed farming was begun and permanent settlements were first established; (2) the semi-arid steppes, where the lesser amount and instability of rainfall made rainfed farming marginal but still provided vegetative resources that could be utilized by semi-nomadic pastoralists; [...]
