Ecology

John Thackara|Essays

Old Growth

The tale of a furniture giant and the possible ecological happy ending.

John Thackara|Essays

Top Down Nature

An overview of Bordeaux 55,000: a project to explore ‘how best to transform 55,000 hectares (136,000 acres) into natural areas’.

John Thackara|Essays

The Other Green Economy

People the world over are divided between radically different conceptions of their future: resource-intensive production on the one side, versus regenerative land-based enterprises, and mosaics of micro-enterprises, on the other.

John Thackara|Essays

Istanbul: City of Seeds

Rather than dream up exotic visions of “what could be”, an xskool looks for social and natural assets that already exist – and grows from there.

John Thackara|Essays

Oil-Powered Thinking

Why is it that countervailing facts don’t change things in our evidence-based world? And what might we do about it?

John Thackara|Essays

Zurich Eco Lab

A report on the Zurich's thriving urban eco culture.

John Thackara|Essays

Design In The Light of Dark Energy

A shortened version of a talk on why the world has to reduce energy consumption, the five per cent energy solution and some of the people around the world who are leading the way.

John Thackara|Essays

A Reading List for Mr. Mario Monti

A (mostly) online list of readings for the new Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Mario Monti, and anyone else who is ready for a cold hard look at our energy resources and options.

John Thackara|Essays

From Druids to Biorefineries: Innovation in a Small Nation

Small nations can be flexible in ways that big one cannot.

Courtney Drake|Bibliography

Design and the Social Sector: An Annotated Bibliography

This bibiography surveys the literature of social design — the spectrum from design process and thinking to the zones of social innovation.

Julie Lasky|Projects

MSC Greenhouse Project

On learning about science, nutrition and politics at the Manhattan School for Children.

Chappell Ellison|Essays

How Do I Know It’s Faux?

If you want to go faux, you might have to call in a fur expert.