Food Inc.
After Fast Food Nation, Robert Kenner lifts again the veil on American nations food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of governments regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
Filed Under Environment, Food, Modern Life, Social Communication, Water, World Health
Where’s the most remote place on earth?
The New Scientist publishes a map of the most remote places on earth. Surprisingly enough, less than 10% of the world’s land is more than 48 hours of ground-based travel from the nearest city.
“In the Amazon, for example, extensive river networks and an increasing number of roads mean that only 20 per cent of the land is more than two days from a city - around the same proportion as Canada’s Quebec province. ”
Nevertheless, most people still don’t have access to the most basic resources such as water, education and medical care.
Filed Under Environment, Food, Human Rights, Water, World Health
Playing With Cities: Urban Waterfalls in New York
Nature deprived New Yorkers got a kick out of Olafur Eliasson’s waterfalls installation around the city. Not the same as the real thing, but I guess you have to take what you can get…
Filed Under Art, Creativity, Design, Modern Life, Water
Attention: Procreating, forgetful, immortal aquatic invaders
Sexually active jellyfish are taking over the world according to a Marine biologists of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute.
Dr Maria Miglietta says, “We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion.” Read more
Filed Under Diversity, Environment, Research, Water, World Health
Alta Surfing
On Tuesday, when Venice’s flood waters reached their highest level in 22 years, and tourists waddled around with plastic bags tied till their knees, Duncan Zuur created coolness. He got onto his wakeboard, and took four turns of St.Marco’s Square while tourists applauded and the Police looked the other way.
I would have gladly walked through a metre of Venice’s sewage-filled water, just to be able to see that.
Filed Under Water
Update your health
Illustration by Lars Wannop (Fabrica)
Whenever you fall ill or you just break an arm because of a stupid accident, you receive hundreds calls by worried friends or relatives asking about your state, how it happened, and how long your recovery will take.
Ok, you cannot but be happy to see you have so many friends worried about your health, but, at the same time, to repeat the same story one hundred times can be really exhausting.
That’s why CaringBridge and CarePages exist.
Filed Under Modern Life, Research, Water, World Health
Smart sinking
Great ideas don’t need words. So I’ll keep it short and just state this is the best, simplest and probably most effective invention I have seen for saving water. Watch and learn!
Filed Under Environment, Water