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Smart Cities Arrive, One Piece at a Time
Environment

Smart Cities Arrive, One Piece at a Time

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Scott • Leave a comment

The “Smart City” is not so much a concrete plan as it is a nebulous ideal, one that encompasses both environmental sustainability and human happiness in the most efficient way possible.  And while it’s a matter of opinion whether a given city is designed well enough to be called “smart” there’s no question the world … Continue reading →

Can Suburbia Be Sustainable?
Environment

Can Suburbia Be Sustainable?

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Scott • Leave a comment

Big houses, big lots, big SUVs – you know the drill.  Suburbs create pollution, make people drive everywhere, and use up way more space than they need.  Can they ever be truly sustainable? Well, I don’t know, but there’s a trend that’s moving in the right direction, and its popularity is growing.  Over at the … Continue reading →

The Answer to World Hunger (Hint: It’s Not Food)
Environment

The Answer to World Hunger (Hint: It’s Not Food)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Scott • 2 Comments

The best way to solve the world’s hunger problem is a hotly debated topic.  In the next few paragraphs, I’ll take a look at one fairly conventional idea, and explore another proposal that’s a bit more out of the box.  But in the end, I’d like to poke at some of the assumptions underlying both … Continue reading →

Bicycles Are the Future of Transportation
Environment

Bicycles Are the Future of Transportation

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Scott • 6 Comments

This may come as a surprise, but the future of transportation has been around for two centuries already.  Of course, back when ol’ Baron Karl first put two wheels together and rode them around 1817 Mannheim, he just thought he’d made a kind of a re-usable horse.  He certainly had no idea his invention would … Continue reading →

State of the Future Roundup – April
Society / Technology

State of the Future Roundup – April

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Scott • 1 Comment

The future, being what it is, has a tendency to become the present.  And so it is that although this blog is just half a year old, many things have changed since I last discussed them.  Here’s a quick look at the state of the future as it stands today. Driverless Cars and the Law … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Urban Planet
Environment

Welcome to the Urban Planet

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Scott • 6 Comments

In the last couple of years, our planet’s human inhabitants have crossed two major thresholds, one of which indicates major problems ahead, and the other of which offers a glimmer of hope.  We’ll get back to the hopeful bit in a minute, but let’s begin with the problem, which you’ve probably seen in the news … Continue reading →

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