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Dan Hill on “dark matter”: a term borrowed from the historian Wouter Vanstiphout referring to the hidden mass of policies and power that affect decision-making, the process, as well as the success or failure of projects.
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Micro-transitions give context and meaning to complex ecosystems. We just need to start looking at the invisible.
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The road to fossil fuel transition is paved with complicated questions related to growth and scale. Scaling works well in periods of energy ‘ascent,’ when the supply of energy increases, but less in periods of energy ‘descent.
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In 2011, Lufa Farms built the world’s first commercial rooftop greenhouse. Through innovation and technology, the Montreal-based initiative has been working on changing the way cities eat.
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America’s most articulate and passionate farmer, Joel Salatin, tells us about integrity, the new tribalism and why—unless you’re Mr. T—you need to care about agriculture.
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A physicist-turned-farmer is using open source technology for an innovative project that places the power to survive and thrive directly in the hands of every community.
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David Gunn, former director of the NYC Transit Authority, tells of his strategy for ridding the subway of its infamous (and ubiquitous) graffiti in 1989.
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In the wake numerous “too big to fail” crises (2008, GM, the entire banking system, etc.), the lifespan of companies has once again been called into question.
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The complexities of the human body are humbling, even in an era of self-assembly technologies like autonomous cars and 4D printing.
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