Apr 25, 2008

Biomonitors

Posted in Environment at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 1 Comment

Keeping a weather eye on atmospheric pollution is a large-scale, costly and time-consuming activity. However, there just happens to be a vast network of self-contained, self-powered units around the globe that can respond to the presence of toxins, radioactive species, atmospheric particulates and other materials in the environment and could be used to build up a local, national or international picture of environmental conditions - the …

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Feb 18, 2008

CO2 Refusenik to Win Pulitzer

Posted in Environment at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 9 Comments; add yours

Polar bears are not quite the enormous white climate canary of frozen climes that we have been led to believe. In fact, they’re more likely to turn out to be the elephant in the room, when in fifty years time their numbers have grown despite Gory warnings.

Anyway, in the spirit of being contrary almost for the sake of it, but more seriously for the sake of science, I’d like your …

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Feb 8, 2008

Giving the Ghetto Blaster Retro Chic

Posted in Environment at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 2 Comments; add yours

The ongoing quest for bigger, better, smaller, faster gadgets and other consumer products is not environmentally sustainable and must be replaced by an approach to design that builds on the products of contemporary mass-produced culture by re-working them for current desires. That is the simple message offered by Stuart Walker of the Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Canada, currently Co-Director of Imagination@Lancaster at Lancaster University, UK, …

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