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In this image-filled talk, [http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/v2/yab_us.htm Yann Arthus-Bertrand] displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "The Earth From Above," [http://www.ted.com/talks/yann_arthus_bertrand_captures_fragile_earth_in_wide_angle.html TEDtalk] video. Download his amazing new movie [http://www.home-2009.com/us/index.html Home]. | In this image-filled talk, [http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/v2/yab_us.htm Yann Arthus-Bertrand] displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "The Earth From Above," [http://www.ted.com/talks/yann_arthus_bertrand_captures_fragile_earth_in_wide_angle.html TEDtalk] video. Download his amazing new movie [http://www.home-2009.com/us/index.html Home]. | ||
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand Stewart Brand] is a [http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Category:Systems_Thinking systems thinker] par excellence. Brand, the center hub of the human network, has a new book, ''Whole Earth Discipline''. [http://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_proclaims_4_environmental_heresies.html video overview]. He's putting the whole book online for free, with annotations and a reading list [http://web.me.com/stewartbrand/DISCIPLINE_footnotes/Recommended_Reading.html link]. He makes some stands that are heretical to mainstream greens (pro-nuke and GMO). Those who heard [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CE5D61E31F936A1575AC0A9609C8B63 Fred Turner's] plenary talk last year will have some sense of how important Brand has been and continues to be. He lobbied to get NASA to release the first picture of Earth from space, predicting its iconic power to unite and inspire. Because of his work with Gov Brown, CA uses half the energy per capita as the rest of US (comparable to EU), and he's working on a [http://www.longnow.org/ 10K year clock]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq000rAZBMc(Video about clock)] | ||
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Sourcemap is an open source project about where things come from. You can create your own maps, and add information. Other eco-maps
Explore climate change in Google Earth tours and YouTube channel.
Worldometers, the dashboard of Spaceship Earth
Mannahatta Project. Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City. 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery. TEDtalk video. Slideshow and site
In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "The Earth From Above," TEDtalk video. Download his amazing new movie Home.
Stewart Brand is a systems thinker par excellence. Brand, the center hub of the human network, has a new book, Whole Earth Discipline. video overview. He's putting the whole book online for free, with annotations and a reading list link. He makes some stands that are heretical to mainstream greens (pro-nuke and GMO). Those who heard Fred Turner's plenary talk last year will have some sense of how important Brand has been and continues to be. He lobbied to get NASA to release the first picture of Earth from space, predicting its iconic power to unite and inspire. Because of his work with Gov Brown, CA uses half the energy per capita as the rest of US (comparable to EU), and he's working on a 10K year clock. about clock)
