Archivo de categoría: Inspiración

The hacker economy

Many people assume that evolution is about the survival of the fittest. It’s not. What really drives evolution is adaptation to changing environments. That’s why our planet is made up of more than just one super-fit organism. Instead, we have a complex ecosystem. New things come in and displace old ones, but the old onesSigue leyendo «The hacker economy»

Ecovillages

Robert Gilman set out a definition of an ecovillage that was to become a standard: «human-scale full-featured settlement in which human activities are harmlessly integrated into the natural world in a way that is supportive of healthy human development, and can be successfully continued into the indefinite future.» You can find a couple of directoriesSigue leyendo «Ecovillages»

Foodscaping-Waterscaping-Solarscaping

If you had a land wouldn’t you want it to be in production rather than being a cost? We have got use to look at our gardens as something to show and pay for. We pay taxes over them, we pay to water them, we pay for their maintenance and all that is paid backSigue leyendo «Foodscaping-Waterscaping-Solarscaping»

Economic invisibility of nature

What is the price of biodiversity? What’s the value you give to a clean environment against a degradated one? How much is the Amazonas worthed? The clean fresh water? The breathable air? It all belongs to the commons. It is the gift Mother Nature has given us, but as human social structures become more andSigue leyendo «Economic invisibility of nature»

Electric city

During this summer Yahoo tried to gain ground to Youtube-Google launching a webseries produced and written by Tom Hanks, ‘Electric city‘. The plot is set in a post-apocalyptic era, where mankind has been reduced to small settlements whose main business is to produce electric power. With fossil and nuclear fuel sources mostly depleted, the communitiesSigue leyendo «Electric city»