Vertical Farming

“There are huge advantages to feeding people who live in the city, from the city.”

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Ray Anderson

“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them” —Paul Hawken The Ecology of Commerce In the program guide for TED 2009, the above quotation accompanies the bio of Ray Anderson founder and CEO of Interface and a [...]

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“Democratizing Data” W. David Stephenson’s talk at IgniteBoston 5

David’s keynote presentation at Ignite Boston last night shows examples of the power data transparency, portability and ubiquity can transform government, workplaces and lives. (This video is very shaky at times. I forgot the tripod, its hand-held above a crowd, 20 minutes.)

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It’s dangerous for you to be here

Some thread-pulling on my part to weave together the thoughts whirling around in my head. In the movie “My Blue Heaven,” Steve Martin’s character (Vinnie) says to Shaldeen (Carol Kane): “You know, it’s dangerous for you to be here in the frozen food section.” Shaldeen: Why is that? Vinnie: Because you could melt all this [...]

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PARK(ing) day 2008

Why I heart San Francisco PARK(ing) Day 2008 PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, global event centered in San Francisco where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks.

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