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Designing for a world without water

Nature knows more than we do about extreme constraints. What can we learn from it?

Contributors: Scott Paterson, Dav Rauch, Aaron Wanch and Francois Rybarczyk

#resilience #water #energy #architecture

The toy company wants to find an alternative material for the 60 billion bricks it makes a year. But it's not going to be easy.

#Lego sutainable environment oil

CrowdFunding a bailout fund for Greece. By the people, for the people. | Crowdfunding is a democratic way to support the fundraising needs of your community. Make a contribution today!

#bailout crowdfund Greece indiegogo social economy future society revive

About 60 percent of underground water in China, and one-third of its surface water, have been rated unfit for human contact last year, according to the environment ministry in Beijing.

who will claim responsibility, the time and financial burden to do something about it? why anyone have to? What are the preventative measures that ensure consequences to ignorance at a country level? can citizens be empowered? will other countries intervene?... but why should we even have to come to that?

markruffalo

Climate change can be overwhelming with all of the “scary facts.” There is some good news too. The Race To Save The World brings attention to how critical this issue is to everyone’s future. This film will inspire people to make their voices heard and hopefully help to turn this crisis around. It can be turned around. http://igg.me/p/867152/twtr

Parley for the Ocean is partnering with Bionic Yarn and fashion brands to produce high-performance yarn and fabric from plastic in the ocean.

plastic into useful material

Women have lost the most—and they have the most to lose

Who will help the relief?

The Philippines has just become the first country to develop nationwide ride-hailing regulations, making it legal for app-based services like Uber operate anywhere in the country.

Uber - creating value from what we already have that isn’t being used to its potential.

#uber

Severe droughts are forcing researchers to rethink how technology can increase the supply of fresh water.

David Talbot, MIT Technology Review

http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/533446/desalination-out-of-desperation/

The ripples from the revelations of NSA snooping can be felt around the world – but intelligence and law-enforcement agencies will carry on regardless

what we talk about, and our opinions are resources. The data of what we talk about can be stored and used in different ways without any consensus on how it should be treated.

#internet #surveillance #privacy #us congress #edward snowden

The True Cost Do we know where the clothes came from? Do we think about how things are created and by whom?

#thetruecost #material

Algorithms can be optimised in many ways. Sometimes we terraform, destroy forests to win that few milliseconds to make more money. How far will we go?

#algorithms #shaping landscapes

So whose responsibility is it to ask whether something is “good” or “better” or as it “should be”? If we’re engaging in a truly human-centered design process, then it is our responsibility to ask these questions. To responsibly design for humanity, we must first know ourselves. But the responsibility also extends beyond designers. It is every single individual’s responsibility to ask these questions and to know themselves — their values, needs, and desires — so we can all have a productive conversation about the future as it should be. Designing to address the implications of macro-trends — like the on-demand economy — and their impact on our lives at scale isn’t enough. We need to design products, services, and experiences that help people understand themselves better. Design is, after all, a fundamentally philosophical profession. What do you value?

STEVE SELZER , Frog Design Creative Director at San Francisco

#design #values #philosophy #goodvsbad?#humancentreddesign #introspection

Elon Musk Tesla Energy Keynote - Power wall. A pitch about making the US solar powered

#solar power #energy #carbon emissions #design

“ To combat the devastation caused by illegal assault rifles in Africa's war zones, founder of Ethos water, Peter Thum, announced today the launch of Fonderie 47. Based in New York City, Fonderie 47 removes AK47s from war zones and transforms them into rare jewelry, watches and accessories. “

http://fonderie47.com/

#jewellery #resources #luxury #Africa #material

Disruption Pamela Yates

#climatechange #documentary

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