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 ‘Sustainability’ 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 [...]
Self-Sacrifice and Sustainability: The Hero Twins of the Popol Vuh
April 16, 2011
“Then again they sacrificed themselves. One of them would die, surely throwing himself down in death. Then having been killed, he would immediately be revived. And the Xibalbans simply watched them while they did it. Now all of this was merely the groundwork for the defeat of the Xibalbans at their hands.” Chris Hedges: Throw Out The Money [...]
Competition vs Cooperation
April 16, 2011
“Competition undermines sustainability in the long term.” — Dr. Joseph Tainter Introduction to Game Theory LECTURE DESCRIPTION: We introduce Game Theory by playing a game. We organize the game into players, their strategies, and their goals or payoffs; and we learn that we should decide what our goals are before we make choices. With some plausible [...]
