Ecology

John Thackara|Essays

Green Issues in Communication Design

Why do companies get environmental awards for polluting less, even though they are still polluting?

John Thackara|Essays

A Lesson from Cornwall

I've always loved lichen. I found this one in Cornwall’s Biodiversity Action Plan and chose it as a beautiful asset that already exists in the county.

John Thackara|Essays

Could Green Energy Kill the Desert?

Large scale wind power might not be as green as you think.

John Thackara|Essays

Whole, Whole on the Range

As a juror on the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge, John Thackara reviews the highlight.

John Thackara|Essays

The Ecozoic City

How humans are reintegrating their endeavours into a larger ecological consciousness.

John Thackara|Essays

Healing The Metabolic Rift

John Thackara on the possibilities and issues global business leaders will face at the 2013 World Economic Forum.

Timothy Jack Ward|Slideshows

Gardens and Their Designers

When I loaded up my Budget truck and moved from New York to our nation’s capital, the last thing on, and the first thing off, was my plants.

Mark Dery|Reviews

Paradise Fouled

Review of Crude, Joe Berlinger's documentary film about a lawsuit filed against Chevron by denizens of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

John Thackara|Essays

Fish Systems and Design

Though gloomy predictions say we could see the end of seafood by 2048, several initiatives are rethinking the way we acquire fish.

John Thackara|Essays

Make Sense, Not Stuff

John Thackara presents a three-step plan to connect design schools to the green economy.

John Thackara|Interviews

Design for (Im)mobility: Interview with Domus

John Thackera defines and explains the importance of ethnoecology.

John Thackara|Essays

Global Place — Or is it a Hat?

We must view the world with a new slant and take advantage of a huge design opportunity to create sustainable structures for the future.