Index No. 3 (A Light Miscellany)
A few lighter posts and links, Dec 2023 - Mar 2024
Next week I’m off, according Pose Ponder’s publishing cadence, slightly truncated this time, of 2 weeks on, 1 week off. During the break, I’ll be doing content planning, working on Pondercraft, and taking time for immersive reading.
Before leaving you alone, I’m indexing a few things from past posts. Today’s index collects a handful of lighter links with brief comments that you may have missed. Nothing too ponderous.
Go outside and enjoy the springtime! 🌻
Orbiting Non-Circularity
Here is a spectacular example of non-circular economy. A linear economic process, recall, takes resources from the earth, manufactures something, sells it to customers who use it for the duration of its lifecycle, then relegates all parts and pieces to waste. At best, instead of pure waste, the item is subjected to a bit of recycling or — really the bes…
Lunar Anthropocene
A while back I reported on the International Space Station, that it would probably become space junk. Here’s the latest on the moon. NASA estimates there are already 227,000 kilos of human garbage littering the moon, mostly from space explorations, including moon buggies and other equipment, excrement, statues, golf balls, human ashes and flags, among oth…
Slime Molds & the Tokyo Railway
This story made headlines back in 2010, but a new series of posts on slime molds at the Biomimicry Institute has me gaping a bit in awe over the power of nature to inform human engineering — whether retrospective or prospectively. This week we’ll dive a bit into biomimicry as a viable strategy for navigating the Anthropocene.
Biomimetic Architecture
In another life I might have been an architect. I love the idea of combining engineering and technical design with artistic sensibilities. AND the need to put it all into context and situatedness. AND the necessity of practical, purposeful use. AND the historical quasi-permanence of b…
The Re-wilding Debate
First, watch this short 4:30 minute film. It’s ten years old and has received 44 million views.
Share your thoughts, comments, or suggestions on this series?
What else are you interested in?
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