Where the Trees Are

earthobservatory.nasa.gov, ” Trees are one of Earth’s largest banks for storing the carbon that gets emitted by natural processes and human activities. Forests cover about 30 percent of the planet’s surface, and as much as 45 percent of the carbon stored on land is tied up in forests.”

via datavis

The Naked City, Guy Debord, 1957. (via chriswoebken)

Map of complexity science

reblog landscapearchitecture: Landscape Invocation writes: “Steven Holl is also the author of a recently published book, “Urbanisms: Working with Doubt.” Here he asserts that “Contemporary urban development is increasingly characterized by a reliance on diagrams, maps, and graphs to convey the rational, statistical point of view of the professional urban planner… jJust as modern medicine has recognized the power of the irrational psyche, urban planners need to realize that the experiential power of cities cannot be completely rationalized and must be studied subjectively… Urbanisms examines how perception and the senses are intertwined with the material, space, and light of urban form.” Read more at: http://landscapeinvocation.blogspot.com/2010/03/steven-holl-architects.html

reblog proofmathisbeautiful: cloois: Mapping the Chilean Earthquake’s projected spread of energy (roomthily)

Herbologies / foraging networks

Initiators/Organisers: Andrew Paterson (SCO/FI), Ulla Taipale / Capsula (FI/ES) and Signe Pucena / SERDE (LV)

“The Herbologies/Foraging Networks programme of events, focused in Helsinki (Finland) and Kurzeme region of Latvia, exploring the cultural traditions and knowledge of herbs, edible and medicinal plants, within the contemporary context of online networks, open information-sharing, biological and hydroponic technologies. The traditions of finding and knowing about wild food in the local Nordic environment are slipping away from the current generation. How can one attract their attention: With books, online maps, workshops, mobile-guided tours, open-source information or DNA code? Or learn how to grow them yourself, over the dark winter months?”

at Pixelache Helsinki 2010

(wikipedia. hydroponics: (from the Greek words hydro water and ponos labor) is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil.)