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The Changing Face of Farming
August 29, 2012 | Janeece Keller
Industry transformation will only happen when that industry realizes they’re bigger than themselves.
On 24th August, the second FACETS (Food, Agriculture, Climate, Energy, Topsoil, Sustainability) event was held in rural Australia,…
Statistics on Drinking Water & Sanitisation Worth Considering.
January 23, 2012 | Ben Rennie
- Image Via National Geographic “7 Billion”
For the majority of the world, getting access to clean drinking water is hard. It is both time-consuming and risky. So what do we know about drinking water and sanitation on a global scale.…
The Most Innovative Countries and Industries
December 21, 2011 | White Spaces
In today’s sluggish economy, the pressure to invent new products and file as many patent applications as possible is greater than ever—both for individual companies and for entire countries, which reap benefits from their citizens’…
A Visual Guide to Our Massive Impact on Planet Earth!
November 30, 2011 | Ben Rennie 2
Human ingenius inspires us everyday. Cities, airports, roads, buildings and even our car. Our world is an interconnected web leaving behind it a trail of sometimes devastation. So at what cost? Globaïa has created these renderings to …Read More
Softpower: What is the Impact of Australia’s Laid Back Nature?
November 23, 2011 | Joshua Capelin 3
By the time I saw a bus passenger give the driver a large carnation, I knew I was witnessing something unique. This was the third or fourth time I had witnessed an atypical behaviour by a stranger.
Prior, a resident had picked up a friend’s earring…Read More
Tony Fadell says goodbye to the iPod & iPhone in exchange for The Nest
October 25, 2011 | White Spaces
So i’m not sure you are aware that 10% of all U.S. energy is controlled by thermostats (and over 50% of your household energy bill). That’s the equivalent of 1.7 billion barrels of oil per year. But in most homes the thermostat is an unassuming…
For the Love of Trees, Print a Forest.
October 6, 2011 | Courtney van der Weyden
New software has been created that sees one tree planted for every 100 pages printed.
This environmentally friendly idea was developed by Joe Miller, founder of Print a Forest. After being concerned with the amount of paper university students…
350.org’s Moving Planet global launch at Bondi Beach
September 20, 2011 | White Spaces
This year’s 350.org Moving Planet global launch event is taking place at Bondi Beach with 100+ kites that say Yes! Price Pollution! – 350. Time to join hundreds of fellow Sydneysiders to fly a kite and call for climate change…
Turning Un-Recycled Plastics into Crude Oil
September 8, 2011 | Ben Rennie
Ohio-based energy company Vadxx is taking plastics that can’t be recycled and reverting them back to there original state… crude oil.
Vadxx CEO Jim Garret said in a press statement:
“Plastics are made from oil, and…
The World’s Population… Concentrated
August 22, 2011 | White Spaces 1World population is estimated to be 6.9 billion people, and while that is a lot of people, it suddenly doesn’t seem like that much in these maps by Tim De Chant of Per Square Mile. Simply imagine that the world lived with the same density…
Re-Designing the Bicycle with Recycled Plastic
August 4, 2011 | White Spaces 1
It’s almost impossible to produce something entirely new when it comes to bike design however design student Dror Peleg has redesigned the bike, from what has been near perfect for more than over 100 years. Nice.
The Israeli design…
Copenhagen Cuts Down on Parking Spaces to Curb Driving.
August 4, 2011 | White Spaces
The city of Copenhagen has done something revolutionary: For the past 40 years, the Danish capital has reduced its parking supply. Cutting the total number of parking spaces by a small percentage each year. Compare this to the stark contrast…
SustaHood: Does caring about the environment make you ‘environ-mental’?
July 14, 2011 | White Spaces 1
I opened a paper on the weekend to find this (above).
And these:
And then discovered a whole campaign from Volkswagen, featuring ideas like the ‘Shopping Shirt’, the ‘Yumbrella’…
How Much Plastic do our Fish Digest?
July 12, 2011 | Ben Rennie 5
Having spent the best part of the last 2 weeks in Fiji, it blew my mind in a country with such a small population, how much single use plastics they consume. Toys, gadgets, bags, lunch breaks. We produce more than 250 million tons each year around…
Predicting the Future of Energy via Fast Company
June 20, 2011 | White Spaces
It is hard nor to discuss the future of energy be it in a social context, professional or simply on the bus on the way to work. Climate conversation is everywhere, even our governments are scrapping over solutions.
A big question is…
The Better Life Index.
June 15, 2011 | White Spaces
There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions…
How Much Carbon Do you Create Everyday?
June 1, 2011 | White Spaces
Every action, every event, every person, everything emits a certain amount of carbon. This interactive visualization examines some of those scenarios. Play around to learn some interesting and surprising information about how much carbon…
Join Gathering’11 to build better futures in Melbourne this June.
May 26, 2011 | White Spaces
By David Hood | Something needs to change. It’s clear that industrial age institutions and systems aren’t the answer to today’s complex social and environmental issues.
Albert Einstein once said, “We can’t solve problems by using…
Why the majority of supermarket shoppers do not use re-usable canvas shopping bags & what this teaches us about human nature
May 23, 2011 | The Bull 15
Recently my young son had to come up with an idea for a school project about some aspect of climate change. Being a kid he has a fascination with rubbish tips and, following our latest “tip run”, wanted to know why there was so many plastic bags…
Replacing Farmville with MyFarm, a Real Life Crowd Controlled Farm!
May 23, 2011 | White Spaces
MyFarm is a new project from the UK’s National Trust.
MyFarm is a 2,500-acre farm, which belongs to the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire. They are calling for 10,000 online farmers to govern every aspect of its operations. These subscribers…
How Much More Are we Paying for Stuff in 2011?
May 23, 2011 | White Spaces
After seeing this article and graphic on the rising cost of food in The New York Times week in review, I was curious about how prices for other stuff has changed in the past year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides this data monthly…
How to Create a Business Case for a Sustainable Future
May 5, 2011 | Ben Rennie 1
So I stop drinking bottled water and I become an expert on sustainability? Apparently. The Answer however is simple, there is no alternative to sustainable development.
However there is a paradox when it comes to sustainability and…
Sydney Hosts the Rally for Climate Action on the 2nd of April. Come and Support Clean Energy.
March 15, 2011 | White Spaces 2
On April 2, there will be another ugly anti-climate tax rally in Hyde Park, Sydney. The loud, angry and often ugly rantings of a small minority of Australians egged on by self-promoting shock jocks has the potential to derail efforts by Australia…
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