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To Find Alternatives to Capitalism, Think Small - Why co-ops, regional currencies, and hackerspaces are pointing the way toward a new economic vision. - by @davidbollier:
https://www.thenation.com/article/to-find-alternatives-to-capitalism-think-small/
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Do it ourselves: Digital platform for self-organisation in urban planning - research through design - by Herman Mitish:
https://dspace.cc.tut.fi/dpub/bitstream/handle/123456789/26735/Mitish.pdf
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The dehumanization of the city: the car and the invasion of public space:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277008105_The_dehumanization_of_the_city_the_car_and_the_invasion_of_public_space #Augmentation #Infrastructure -
Architectural Cyborgs – Nanotechnology and the Potential for Living Architecture:
https://mfareview.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/architectural-cyborgs-nanotechnology-and-the-potential-for-living-architecture/The real destiny of the machine [is] to merge itself with natural organisms.
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Mixing Politics with (dis)Pleasure: Patrick Geddes, Architecture, Evolution and the New Right: https://mfareview.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/the-evolutionary-fitness-of-architecture-and-urbanism-patrick-geddes-and-the-new-right/
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Patrick Geddes In India: From Synthesis To Integration:
http://hodgers.com/mike/patrickgeddes/feature.html
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Lewis Mumford from BBC documentary Towards Tomorrow A Utopia (1968):
Lewis Mumford - Interview with Modern Visionary (1973)
Lewis Mumford - Authoritarian and Democratic Technics (1972):
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Futuring, the City & Sustainment - the Remaking of Design - talk by Tony Fry
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Highly Accessible, Open-Source, Citizen-Owned, Low-Tech, Nature-Based Processes and Technologies that enable a resilient & regenerative urban infrastructure transformation - WAY more exciting & sane than all of the high-tech visions (AI, Bots, etc.) I've seen in recent years.
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30$ Open-Source Wind Turbine: http://www.poc21.cc/30-wind-turbine/
https://www.instructables.com/id/Vertial-Axis-Wind-Turbine-from-30-Of-Scrap-Materia/- Generates 80W in a 25 km/h wind up, or 1000W in a 60 km/h wind
- Max. costs of $30 per unit, mostly from scrap materials
- Can be assembled by 2 people within 6 hours
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The redesign of a former arterial road in Utrecht (NL):
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John Todd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Todd_(Canadian_biologist)
Living machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_machineThe Final Lecture: Dr. John H Todd on Planetary Healing & Ecological Design:
John Todd - The Ecological Design Revolution | Bioneers:
Ecomachine with Dr. John Todd:
Dr. John Todd - Founder, John Todd Ecological Design on Eco-Machines:
#Regenerative #Design #ClimateChange #Infrastructure #Biology
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"Are Green Cities Healthier Cities? - The answer depends on whether the health benefits of green spaces are accessible to all": http://www.rocagallery.com/are-green-cities-healthier-cities "Addressing the adverse effects of green gentrification" #Regenerative #Infrastructure
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"Tree canopy cover can dramatically reduce urban temperatures":
https://in.news.yahoo.com/canopy-cover-dramatically-reduce-urban-temperatures-study-143126789.html #Regenerative #Infrastructure -
Projective Views on Urban Metabolism - talk by Jason W. Moore: https://jasonwmoore.com/
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A Systems Thinking Approach to Urban Resilience - talk by Eva Gladek
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Why data visualization is critical to driving sustainable change - by https://www.metabolic.nl/
https://www.metabolic.nl/news/why-data-visualization-is-critical-to-driving-sustainable-change/
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Interview with Eric Frijters, of https://www.fabrications.nl
