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a warm meal for a cold night “In a...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:20:05 -0500

a warm meal for a cold night

“In a kitchen uninterrupted…”

via the sprout diaries

irishboyinlondon: Eight to eighty, people of all ages cycling...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:40:06 -0500

Eight to eighty, people of all ages cycling in the Netherlands

Great video by Mark Wagenbuur of NL Cycling showing that cycling in cities can be for everyone! He also has a video showing what happens when it rains!

Where Have All the Good Seeds Gone? In 1903, there were seeds...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:20:06 -0500

Where Have All the Good Seeds Gone?

In 1903, there were seeds available to grow hundreds of varieties of the ten sample crops shown here. 80 years later, seeds for only a few of each type could be found resulting in a 96% reduction in our food variety.

“Today 15 plant and 8 animal species are now relied upon for about 90% of all human food.”

What can be done? Some are turning to “seed-saving” from fruits and vegetables grown from non-hybrid, organic, heirloom seed sources.

We’ll be giving it a go this season to help preserve 13 varieties with the Urban Collection from Living Seed Company.

(via The Renaissance of Heirloom Seeds « Living Seed Company)

Starbucks in Seattle made from Shipping Containers Another great...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:40:05 -0500

Starbucks in Seattle made from Shipping Containers

Another great reuse of retired metal boxes to go with this one in Atlanta.

via eco-urbanist & GOOD

World’s Largest Outdoor Art Gallery Summer 2012 NYC With...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:20:05 -0500

World’s Largest Outdoor Art Gallery Summer 2012 NYC

With 50,000 sq ft of ad space that gets 1,500,000 views per day, Times Square in New York City is preparing to replace those ads with art this summer.

Find out more about Times Square Art Square.

(by TS2AS)

PodPonics: Growing Food in Used Shipping Containers Based in...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:40:05 -0500

PodPonics: Growing Food in Used Shipping Containers

Based in Atlanta, GA, this company is creating controlled growing environments out of retired shipping containers. Growing food in urban areas close to consumption reduces fuel, creates jobs and provides fresh, high-quality produce.

(via PodPonics)

Minimalist Children’s Story Posters (via GBlog)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:05 -0500

Minimalist Children’s Story Posters

(via GBlog)

How to Save America: Build Better Cities Felix Salmon puts forth...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:40:05 -0500

How to Save America: Build Better Cities

Felix Salmon puts forth the suggestion that the U.S. would do well to follow the Chinese model of investing in urban infrastructure to foster more high tech service industry jobs. Others aren’t so sure that our cities can be retrofitted to support a swell of new households. What do you think?

(via 89.3 KPCC)

Andy Hurdman Wakeboards through an Iceberg Terrain Park While...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:40:05 -0500

Andy Hurdman Wakeboards through an Iceberg Terrain Park

While waiting for the wind to pick up near Glacier Island, Alaska, pro kite surfer Andy Hurdman kills some time with a wakeboard. The helmet-cam shots are the best.

via The Atlantic

The Flying Devil Rays of the Sea of Cortez Our good friends at...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:40:05 -0500

The Flying Devil Rays of the Sea of Cortez

Our good friends at BBC One deliver this delightful look at these fascinating undersea creatures.

via laughingsquid

photojojo: Dennis Maitland figured out how to take...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:05 -0500

photojojo:

Dennis Maitland figured out how to take #fromwhereistand to the next level…that level being the top floor of buildings all over Detroit.

Dennis Maitland’s Rooftop Self-Portraits

Chicago 1949 by Stanley Kubrick Before he started making...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:20:06 -0500

Chicago 1949 by Stanley Kubrick

Before he started making movies, Stanley Kubrick was a star photojournalist. In the summer of 1949, Look magazine sent him to Chicago to shoot pictures for a story called “Chicago City of Contrasts.”

- Chicago Tribune

via retronaut

::Flashback Friday:: With all of the talk this week about...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:40:05 -0500

::Flashback Friday::

With all of the talk this week about Florida’s “Space Coast”, I couldn’t resist this clip.

This is another great LIVE performance from The Midnight Special 1973, when Glam Rock was at its peak.

David Bowie - “Space Oddity” (by redsails2008)

20 Reasons to feel hopeful about Michigan’s food in...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:20:05 -0500

20 Reasons to feel hopeful about Michigan’s food in 2012

Any one of these will make you feel good about what we have going related to our food system, “healthy, green, fair, and affordable”.

(via AnnArbor.com)

Vertical Farm at Chicago Airport: Simple and Cool!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:40:06 -0500

Vertical Farm at Chicago Airport: Simple and Cool!:

agritecture:

I just stumbled upon this great post about a new Vertical Farm project at Chicago airport. Check out the images and notice the varieties of foods that can be grown on these small food production towers.

Set in a seemingly unused nook of the G Terminal, a mezzanine space has been transformed into a high-tech urban garden. I see a lot of projects like this one – usually they have a DIY vibe that is quite inspiring (hey, even I could do that!) This urban garden however looked like it came out of a ride at Disney.

www.urbangardensweb.com

SO COOL!

Edible flowers and ready to eat lettuce. Yummy!

What looks like the most comfortable chairs in the airport are set up around the installation with tables to create a park-like setting. Between the view of the runways and the “sunny” urban garden I now know where I’ll be killing time for the next delayed flight.

www.urbangardensweb.com

DIY experimental Vertical Farming projects in airports…a creative way of increasing awareness of BIA and providing food to airport food distributors.

11 Businesses You Can Start in Your Pajamas Here’s a look at 11...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:20:05 -0500

11 Businesses You Can Start in Your Pajamas

Here’s a look at 11 entrepreneurs that ditched the office to cut overhead expenses, be closer to family, and enjoy, as one entrepreneur put it, the “10-step commute.”

(via Inc.com)

Dr. Maria Andersen: Where’s the “Learn This”...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:40:06 -0500

Dr. Maria Andersen: Where’s the “Learn This” Button?

We heard Dr. Andersen speak this past summer at MakerFaire Detroit about how learning happens. She is a learning futurist at the LIFT Institute and Math Professor at Muskegon Community College.

(via ACU)

See The Music: Musical Surrealism This series of limited edition...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:20:06 -0500

See The Music: Musical Surrealism

This series of limited edition art prints are created using a unique algorithm.

Each of the pieces is generated in 3D with parameters defined by the name of its composer, its mood, its key and its tempo. Each forms a floral-like surrealistic art piece, and makes a unique contemporary rendition of classical music in visual form.

(via Creative Review)

Meet Andra Milcu of Ideas for Sustainability Called to action at...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:40:05 -0500

Meet Andra Milcu of Ideas for Sustainability

Called to action at a young age by the idea that “mankind produces, consumes, and throws away - over and over and over.”

(via Ideas for Sustainability A blog by Joern Fischer and his collaborators on sustainability and landscape ecology: engaging your head and your heart)

BIGGEST TEAHUPOO EVER, SHOT ON THE PHANTOM CAMERA This day at...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:20:06 -0500

BIGGEST TEAHUPOO EVER, SHOT ON THE PHANTOM CAMERA

This day at Teahupoo- Aug 27th 2011 during the Billabong Pro waiting period is what many are calling the biggest and gnarliest Teahupoo ever ridden. Chris Bryan was fortunate enough to be there working for Billabong on a day that will go down in the history of big wave surfing. The French Navy labeled this day a double code red prohibiting and threatening to arrest anyone that entered the water.

Kelly Slater described the day by saying “witnessing this was a draining feeling being terrified for other people’s lives all day long, it’s life or death. Letting go of that rope one time can change your life and not many people will ever experience that in their life.”

All images were shot by Chris Bryan using the Phantom HD Gold camera. To see more of Chris’ work check out his website. WWW.CHRISBRYANFILMS.COM