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Commons

Bread and Circuses

Renee Verdier

My father insists that my dissatisfaction with consumerist and materialist lifestyles renders me an inescapably unhappy person, doomed to a life of politically-correct misery. I, however, take great pleasure from abstaining from the litany of excess and violence of mainstream American culture. (more)

6-29-09

Tech

Don't Fight Forces, Use Them! : The Integrity of Tension in Science and Architecture

Renee Verdier

What do Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes and the human body have in common? Both speak to the ingenuity of self-assembling structures and their methods of maintaining stability; when you use forces, you don't need to fight them. (more)

4-13-09

Tech

Campus Singularity

Renee Verdier

A Google and NASA sponsored Singularity University prepares academia for the convergence of humanity and technology. (more)

3-13-09

Tech

Animal Architecture: Buckminster Fuller's Tensegrity

Renee Verdier

Buckminster Fuller coined the term "tensegrity" to describe the decentralized tension that enabled him to build his famous geodesic domes. But tensegrity structures are not just archtectural forms, they are found in carbon atoms, water molecules, proteins, viruses, cells, tissues, and animals. (more)

3-2-09

Commons

The Drug Quagmire

Renee Verdier

The Marijuana Policy Project's latest YouTube video conveys the folley of America's ongoing "Drug War" in just 100 seconds.[Video] (more)

11-21-08

Commons

Over the Hedge

Renee Verdier

Hedge fund head-honcho Andrew Lahde resigns with a scathing letter criticizing the financial industry, the federal government, deregulation, and American materialism.  (more)

10-30-08

Eco

Permaculture Boot Camp

Renee Verdier

Itching to put a dent in our "hyper-capitalist" society's values of competition, greed, and exploitation?  Then it's time for Radical Urban Sustainability Training, or R.U.S.T. (more)

9-25-08

Eco

A Thirsty Island

Renee Verdier

Australia's largest river system, the world famous Lower Lakes, is nearly bone dry due to record drought and some major human mismanagement.

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9-9-08

Arts

Boom Bound

Renee Verdier

Hippies, trippers and ravers worldwide have been counting down the days until this week's Boom Festival, the largest psytrance extravaganza in the world (more)

8-12-08