Archives for January 9, 2008
Cameron Sinclair: TED Prize wish: Open-source architecture to house the world
Posted by Greg Laden on January 9, 2008 Accepting his 2006 TED Prize, Cameron Sinclair demonstrates how passionate designers and architects can respond to world housing crises. The motto of his group, Architecture for Humanity, is “Design like you give a damn.” Using a litany of striking examples, he shows how AFH has helped find creative solutions to humanitarian crises all over the…
Eleni Gabre-Madhin: Building a commodities market in Ethiopia
Posted by Greg Laden on January 9, 2008 Economist Eleni Gabre-Madhin outlines her ambitious vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia. Her plan would create wealth, minimize risk for farmers and turn the world’s largest recipient of food aid into a regional food basket. “There is no place in the world and no time in history that small farmers have had…
Lysenko would be so proud…
Posted by Greg Laden on January 9, 2008 A glow in the dark pig has given birth to more glow in the dark pigs.
See ya around Bill
Posted by Greg Laden on January 9, 2008 Totally ripped off rom Quantum Pontiff When you think about it, this guy had/has more power than even Robert Altman…
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